comimosvscósmicosConfusable pair

Quick tell: comimos is a verb, cósmicos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comimos” is a verb and “cósmicos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,607
“comimos” frequency rank
#46,461
“cósmicos” frequency rank
68068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comimos cósmicos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comer o de comerse. Forma del masculino plural de cósmico.

Where the eye mixes comimos and cósmicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
comimos
8 ch
cósmicos

Look-alike desk: comimos vs cósmicos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comimos is [koˈmimos] while cósmicos is [ˈkosmikos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comimos is recorded at frequency rank #21,607, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmimos]. cósmicos is at rank #46,461, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkosmikos].

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 68068, this pair ranks #35,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comimos vs cósmicos

Shared letters: cimos. Private to "comimos": -. Private to "cósmicos": ó.

"comimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cósmicos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comimosccomimos · cmoimos · coimmos · comimmos · comimoss · comimso · comioms · commimos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comimos" and "cósmicos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comimos" is a verb and "cósmicos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "comimos" vs "cósmicos" - which ranks higher?
"comimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,607 in our Spanish list, against #46,461 for "cósmicos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "comimos" and "cósmicos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cósmicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comimos" and "cósmicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cólicos vs cósmicos". 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 #35,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list