cobran

/[ˈkoβ̞ɾãn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,234

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cobran is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cobrar. Pronounced [ˈkoβ̞ɾãn]. It ranks #8,234 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cora and corn.

Key facts for cobran
PropertyValue
Headwordcobran
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkoβ̞ɾãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,234
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cobran in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cobran is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoβ̞ɾãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,234 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cobrar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cobran, with forms such as "cboran", "ccobran", and "cobarn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cora", "corn", "cobre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cobran, spelled C-O-B-R-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cobrar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cboran,ccobran,cobarn,cobbran,cobrann,cobrna,cobrran,corban,covran,ocbran

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cobran

Misspelling Variants of "cobran"

cboran6ccobran7cobarn6cobbran7cobrann7cobrna6cobrran7corban6
Misspelling Variants of "cobran"

Frequency rank: #8,234 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cobran"?
"cobran" is spelled C-O-B-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkoβ̞ɾãn].
What does "cobran" mean?
As a verb, "cobran" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cobrar.
What words are commonly confused with "cobran"?
"cobran" is commonly confused with "cora", "corn", "cobre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cobran"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cobran" is [ˈkoβ̞ɾãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cobran" come from?
"cobran" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.