cobra
[ˈkoβ̞ɾa]
The verdict
“cobra” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,043 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,043
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre común de un grupo de serpientes venenosas de la familia de los elápidos (Elapidae), conocidas por su aspecto amenazante y su mordedura. En general, se alimentan de roedores y aves a las que ...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cobra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoβ̞ɾa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cobra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cobra is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoβ̞ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,043 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre común de un grupo de serpientes venenosas de la familia de los elápidos (Elapidae), conocidas por su aspecto amenazante y su mordedura. En general, se alimentan de roedores y aves a las que ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cobra, with forms such as "cbora", "ccobra", and "cobar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "CRA", "cosa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cobra, spelled C-O-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre común de un grupo de serpientes venenosas de la familia de los elápidos (Elapidae), conocidas por su aspecto amenazante y su mordedura. En general, se alimentan de roedores y aves a las que matan inyectándoles una neurotoxina a través de los colmillos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cbora,ccobra,cobar,cobbra,corba,covra,ocbra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cobra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cobra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-B-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkoβ̞ɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cor” - see the side-by-side comparison. cobra vs cor
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.