cómodavscopadaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cómoda is a noun, copada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cómoda” is a noun and “copada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,536
“cómoda” frequency rank
#29,999
“copada” frequency rank
37535
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cómoda copada
Definition Mueble de amplios cajones para guardar la ropa o diferentes objetos, que ocupan todo el frente, ocasionalmente con tablero de mesa. Forma del femenino de copado, participio de copar o de coparse.

Where the eye mixes cómoda and copada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cómoda
6 ch
copada

Visual trap between cómoda and copada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cómoda is [ˈkomoð̞a] while copada is [koˈpað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37535, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cómoda is recorded at frequency rank #7,536, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkomoð̞a]. copada is at rank #29,999, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [koˈpað̞a].

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 37535, this pair ranks #174,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cómoda vs copada

Shared letters: acdo. Private to "cómoda": . Private to "copada": p.

"cómoda" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "copada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • copadaccopada · coapda · copaad · copadda · copdaa · coppada · cpoada · ocpada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cómoda" for "copada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cómoda" is a noun and "copada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cómoda" vs "copada" - which ranks higher?
"cómoda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,536 in our Spanish list, against #29,999 for "copada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cómoda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "copada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cómoda" and "copada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "copada vs copita". 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 #174,793 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