colaborar
[kolaβ̞oˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“colaborar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,702
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trabajar en conjunto con otros para lograr un objetivo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-colaborar · colaborar · Spanish
colaborar · rank #5,702 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,702
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH claridad
Nearest frequency peer: claridad (-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 “colaborar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- certeza
certeza
94,302 corpus weight
- claridad
claridad
94,300 corpus weight
- colaborar
colaborar
94,299 corpus weight
- coma
coma
94,298 corpus weight
- compuesta
compuesta
94,297 corpus weight
- consideró
consideró
94,296 corpus weight
What this shows “colaborar” 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 | colaborar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kolaβ̞oˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “colaborar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around colaborar (IPA [kolaβ̞oˈɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,702 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for colaborar, with forms such as "ccolaborar", "cloaborar", and "coalborar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "colaboren", "colaboraron", "colabora", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is colaborar, spelled C-O-L-A-B-O-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Trabajar en conjunto con otros para lograr un objetivo.
- 2Prestar ayuda.
- 3Cooperar.
- 4Cooperar, contribuir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how colaborar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Seleccionaron los números de teléfono al azar, a partir del listín, y preguntaron a quien respondía si conocía algo de nutrias, si sabía de sus problemas y si le interesaría colaborar en su conservación».
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolaborar
- cloaborar
- coalborar
- colabborar
- colaboarr
- colaborarr
- colaborra
- colaborrar
- colabroar
- colaobrar
- colavorar
- colbaorar
- collaborar
- oclaborar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colaborar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colaborar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).