comióvscosidoConfusable pair

Which to use

“comió” and “cosido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,810
“comió” frequency rank
#44,668
“cosido” frequency rank
55478
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comió cosido
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comer o de comerse. Participio de coser o de coserse.

Where the eye mixes comió and cosido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
comió
6 ch
cosido

Look-alike desk: comió vs cosido

A purely visual mix-up. comió ([koˈmjo]) and cosido ([koˈsið̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comió is recorded at frequency rank #10,810, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmjo]. cosido is at rank #44,668, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈsið̞o].

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 55478, this pair ranks #78,697 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comió vs cosido

Shared letters: cio. Private to "comió": . Private to "cosido": ds.

"comió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "cosido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cosidoccosido · coisdo · cosdio · cosiddo · cosiod · cossido · csoido · ocsido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comió" and "cosido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmjo] versus [koˈsið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comió" or "cosido"?
"comió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,810 in our Spanish list, against #44,668 for "cosido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cosido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,697 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comió" and "cosido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogidos vs cosido". 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 #78,697 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