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.
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?
Frequency check: "cobraban" vs "cobrará" - which ranks higher?
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.