cobrar

/[koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,583

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cobrar is aSpanishverb. It means: Recibir el pago de una deuda. Pronounced [koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]. It ranks #4,583 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cora and cobre.

Key facts for cobrar
PropertyValue
Headwordcobrar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,583
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cobrar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,583 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cobrar, with forms such as "cborar", "ccobrar", and "cobarr". 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", "cobre", "cobro", 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 cobrar, spelled C-O-B-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recibir el pago de una deuda.
  2. 2
    Recuperar.
  3. 3
    Referido a los afectos, tomar o sentir.
  4. 4
    Adquirir.
  5. 5
    Tratándose de cuerdas, sogas, etc., tirar de ellas e ir recogiendo.
  6. 6
    Recoger algo a bordo, halar.
  7. 7
    Conseguir, abatir una pieza de caza.
  8. 8
    Requerir para el pago.
  9. 9
    Insistir a alguien en que pague lo que debe.
  10. 10
    Dicho de un árbitro: señalar una infracción u otra incidencia durante el partido.
  11. 11
    Cometer una infracción contra un rival.
  12. 12
    Reparar, enmendar.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cborar,ccobrar,cobarr,cobbrar,cobrarr,cobrra,cobrrar,corbar,covrar,ocbrar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cobrar

Misspelling Variants of "cobrar"

cborar6ccobrar7cobarr6cobbrar7cobrarr7cobrra6cobrrar7corbar6
Misspelling Variants of "cobrar"

Frequency rank: #4,583 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cobrar"?
"cobrar" is spelled C-O-B-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈβ̞ɾaɾ].
What does "cobrar" mean?
As a verb, "cobrar" means: Recibir el pago de una deuda.
What words are commonly confused with "cobrar"?
"cobrar" is commonly confused with "cora", "cobre", "cobro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cobrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cobrar" is [koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cobrar" come from?
"cobrar" 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.