conejovscoñoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,355
“conejo” frequency rank
#3,169
“coño” frequency rank
11524
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conejo coño
Definition (familia Leporidae) Cualquiera de unas dos docenas de especies de pequeños mamíferos lagomorfos, de pelo tupido, orejas erguidas tan largas como la cabeza, un rabo muy corto, patas delanteras cortas y traseras muy largas, que le permiten desplazarse con brincos. Habita en madrigueras que cava en la tierra y es muy prolífico. Se lo cría como animal de compañía, y para aprovechar su carne, su cuero y su pelo. Genitales internos y externos, es decir, vagina y vulva de la mujer.

Where the eye mixes conejo and coño

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

6 ch
conejo
4 ch
coño

Why the eye confuses conejo with coño

A purely visual mix-up. conejo ([koˈnexo]) and coño ([ˈkoɲo]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conejo is recorded at frequency rank #8,355, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈnexo]. coño is at rank #3,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoɲo].

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 11524, this pair ranks #294,802 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conejo vs coño

Shared letters: co. Private to "conejo": ejn. Private to "coño": ñ.

"conejo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "coño" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conejocconejo · cnoejo · coenjo · conejjo · coneoj · conjeo · connejo · ocnejo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conejo" for "coño" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈnexo] versus [ˈkoɲo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conejo" vs "coño" - which ranks higher?
"coño" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,169 in our Spanish list, against #8,355 for "conejo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conejo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coño" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #294,802 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conejo" and "coño" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cometo vs conejo". 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 #294,802 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