cobrabanvscobraráConfusable pair

Which to use

“cobraban” and “cobrará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,948
“cobraban” frequency rank
#28,685
“cobrará” frequency rank
63633
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cobraban cobrará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de cobrar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de cobrar.

Where the eye mixes cobraban and cobrará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cobraban runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against cobrará's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
cobraban
7 ch
cobrará

Visual trap between cobraban and cobrará

A purely visual mix-up. cobraban ([koˈβ̞ɾaβ̞ãn]) and cobrará ([koβ̞ɾaˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cobraban is recorded at frequency rank #34,948, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈβ̞ɾaβ̞ãn]. cobrará is at rank #28,685, tagged as averb, pronounced [koβ̞ɾaˈɾa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 63633, this pair ranks #48,127 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cobraban vs cobrará

Shared letters: abcor. Private to "cobraban": n. Private to "cobrará": á.

"cobraban" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "cobrará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cobraban ← cboraban · ccobraban · cobarban · cobbraban · cobraabn · cobrabann · cobrabban · cobrabna

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cobraban" for "cobrará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈβ̞ɾaβ̞ãn] versus [koβ̞ɾaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cobraban" vs "cobrará" - which ranks higher?
"cobrará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,685 in our Spanish list, against #34,948 for "cobraban". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "cobraban" and "cobrará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cobraban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cobrará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,127 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cobraban" and "cobrará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cobraban vs colgaban". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #48,127 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list