obrera
[oˈβ̞ɾeɾa]
The verdict
“obrera” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,164
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hembra estéril en numerosas especies de insectos eusociales, que desempeña tareas de recolección, defensa y construcción.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obrera · obrera · Spanish
obrera · rank #9,164 · 9 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,164
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH now
Nearest frequency peer: now (-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 “obrera”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- niegan
niegan
90,840 corpus weight
- novios
novios
90,839 corpus weight
- now
now
90,838 corpus weight
- obrera
obrera
90,837 corpus weight
- ofender
ofender
90,836 corpus weight
- OTAN
OTAN
90,834 corpus weight
What this shows “obrera” 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 | obrera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞ɾeɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “obrera”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around obrera (IPA [oˈβ̞ɾeɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,164 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hembra estéril en numerosas especies de insectos eusociales, que desempeña tareas de recolección, defensa y construcción.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for obrera, with forms such as "borera", "obbrera", and "oberra". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "oreja", "ópera", "obrero", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is obrera, spelled O-B-R-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Hembra estéril en numerosas especies de insectos eusociales, que desempeña tareas de recolección, defensa y construcción.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obrera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Del tórax, que encierra toda la masa muscular del díptero, es de donde la obrera extrae el líquido, rico en materias nitrogenadas, que suministra a las larvas, las cuales lo toman de la boca de su nodriza como las crías de los pajaritos lo toman de la boca de la madre.
Aquel milagroso jugo que segregan las abejas para alimentar a sus larvas y, de manera, excepcional, a las que han de ser sus reinas, dotado de tan maravillosas virtudes que en casos excepcionales puede convertirse en soberana a una vulgar obrera apícola en vías de desarrollo incipiente, se puso también de moda durante estos años últimos para rejuvenecer a…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- borera
- obbrera
- oberra
- obrear
- obrerra
- obrrea
- obrrera
- orbera
- ovrera
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obrera - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).