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Which to use

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

#40,188
“cobramos” frequency rank
#25,581
“cortamos” frequency rank
65769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cobramos cortamos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de cobrar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de cortar o de cortarse.

Where the eye mixes cobramos and cortamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cobramos and cortamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
cobramos
8 ch
cortamos

Look-alike desk: cobramos vs cortamos

A purely visual mix-up. cobramos ([koˈβ̞ɾamos]) and cortamos ([koɾˈt̪amos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cobramos is recorded at frequency rank #40,188, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈβ̞ɾamos]. cortamos is at rank #25,581, tagged as averb, pronounced [koɾˈt̪amos].

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 65769, this pair ranks #41,659 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cobramos vs cortamos

Shared letters: acmors. Private to "cobramos": b. Private to "cortamos": t.

"cobramos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "cortamos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cobramoscboramos · ccobramos · cobarmos · cobbramos · cobrammos · cobramoss · cobramso · cobraoms
  • cortamosccortamos · coratmos · corrtamos · cortammos · cortamoss · cortamso · cortaoms · cortmaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cobramos" and "cortamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈβ̞ɾamos] versus [koɾˈt̪amos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cobramos" vs "cortamos" - which ranks higher?
"cortamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,581 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cobramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cortamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,659 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cobramos" and "cortamos" 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 #41,659 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