escogióvsescoriaConfusable pair

Quick tell: escogió is a verb, escoria is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“escogió” is a verb and “escoria” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,687
“escogió” frequency rank
#14,838
“escoria” frequency rank
28525
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature escogió escoria
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de escoger. Sustancia vítrea que sobrenada en el crisol de los hornos de fundir metales, que emana de los residuos.

Where the eye mixes escogió and escoria

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. escogió and escoria follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
escogió
7 ch
escoria

Visual trap between escogió and escoria

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escogió is [eskoˈxjo] while escoria is [esˈkoɾja]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

escogió is recorded at frequency rank #13,687, classified as averb, pronounced [eskoˈxjo]. escoria is at rank #14,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced [esˈkoɾja].

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 28525, this pair ranks #221,594 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of escogió vs escoria

Shared letters: ceios. Private to "escogió": gó. Private to "escoria": ar.

"escogió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "escoria" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • escoria ← ecsoria · esccoria · escoira · escorai · escorria · escroia · esocria · esscoria

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "escogió" and "escoria" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "escogió" is a verb and "escoria" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "escogió" or "escoria" show up more?
"escogió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,687 in our Spanish list, against #14,838 for "escoria". 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 "escogió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "escoria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #221,594 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "escogió" and "escoria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escogió vs Eulogio". 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 #221,594 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