cobra
[ˈkoβ̞ɾa]
The verdict
“cobra” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,043
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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 ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cobra · cobra · Spanish
cobra · rank #6,043 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,043
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH climático
Nearest frequency peer: climático (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cobra”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- carbono
carbono
93,961 corpus weight
- Charlie
Charlie
93,960 corpus weight
- climático
climático
93,959 corpus weight
- cobra
cobra
93,958 corpus weight
- complejos
complejos
93,957 corpus weight
- corredor
corredor
93,956 corpus weight
What this shows “cobra” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cobra”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cobra (IPA [ˈkoβ̞ɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,043 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).