comigo vs cozido, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“comigo” is a pronoun and “cozido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#304
“comigo” frequency rank: #15,073
“cozido” frequency rank: 15377
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	comigo	cozido
Definition	em minha companhia, com a minha pessoa; equivalente a com mim	preparado pela cozedura

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set comigo and cozido apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

comigo

6 ch

cozido

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comigo is /ko.ˈmi.ɡo̝/ while cozido is /ku.ˈzi.du/. 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 (pronoun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comigo is recorded at frequency rank #304, classified as apron, pronounced /ko.ˈmi.ɡo̝/. cozido is at rank #15,073, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ku.ˈzi.du/.

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 15377, this pair ranks #56,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comigo vs cozido

Shared letters: cio. Private to "comigo": gm. Private to "cozido": dz.

"comigo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cozido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

comigo ← ccomigo · cmoigo · coimgo · comgio · comiggo · comiog · commigo · ocmigo
cozido ← ccozido · coizdo · cozdio · coziddo · coziod · cozzido · czoido · oczido

Frequency comparison

comigo#304

cozido#15,073

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comigo" and "cozido" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comigo" is a pronoun and "cozido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "comigo" or "cozido"?

"comigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #304 in our Portuguese list, against #15,073 for "cozido". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering comigo vs cozido

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “comigo”; for an adjective, it's “cozido”.
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