Which to use
“coma” and “cuya” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,703
- “coma” frequency rank
- #1,475
- “cuya” frequency rank
- 7178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coma | cuya |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Signo de puntuación que se emplea en gramática para dividir ciertas partes de la oración (las aposiciones, las cláusulas adjetivas, los elementos de las listas y las cláusulas desplazadas por hipérbaton), y en matemática para separar los decimales. | (Crescentia cujete) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, originario de la zona intertropical de América. |
Where the eye mixes coma and cuya
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: coma vs cuya
A purely visual mix-up. coma ([ˈkoma]) and cuya ([ˈkuʝa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coma is recorded at frequency rank #5,703, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoma]. cuya is at rank #1,475, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkuʝa].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 7178, this pair ranks #308,722 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coma vs cuya
Shared letters: ac. Private to "coma": mo. Private to "cuya": uy.
"coma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cuya" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coma" for "cuya" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "coma" or "cuya" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "coma" and "cuya" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuya" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,722 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coma" and "cuya" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs coma". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #308,722 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.