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

#13,409
“cobrado” frequency rank
#40,188
“cobramos” frequency rank
53597
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cobrado cobramos
Definition Participio de cobrar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de cobrar.

Where the eye mixes cobrado and cobramos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cobrado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cobramos's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
cobrado
8 ch
cobramos

Why the eye confuses cobrado with cobramos

A purely visual mix-up. cobrado ([koˈβ̞ɾað̞o]) and cobramos ([koˈβ̞ɾamos]) 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 53597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cobrado is recorded at frequency rank #13,409, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈβ̞ɾað̞o]. cobramos is at rank #40,188, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈβ̞ɾamos].

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 53597, this pair ranks #87,120 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cobrado vs cobramos

Shared letters: abcor. Private to "cobrado": d. Private to "cobramos": ms.

"cobrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "cobramos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cobrado ← cborado · ccobrado · cobardo · cobbrado · cobraddo · cobraod · cobrdao · cobrrado
  • cobramos ← cboramos · ccobramos · cobarmos · cobbramos · cobrammos · cobramoss · cobramso · cobraoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cobrado" for "cobramos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈβ̞ɾað̞o] versus [koˈβ̞ɾamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cobrado" vs "cobramos" - which ranks higher?
"cobrado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,409 in our Spanish list, against #40,188 for "cobramos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cobrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cobramos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,120 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cobrado" and "cobramos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cobramos vs copiamos". 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 #87,120 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