cobrarávscorreráConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#28,685
“cobrará” frequency rank
#29,132
“correrá” frequency rank
57817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cobrará correrá
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de cobrar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de correr o de correrse.

Where the eye mixes cobrará and correrá

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cobrará and correrá follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
cobrará
7 ch
correrá

Visual trap between cobrará and correrá

A purely visual mix-up. cobrará ([koβ̞ɾaˈɾa]) and correrá ([koreˈɾa]) 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 57817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cobrará is recorded at frequency rank #28,685, classified as averb, pronounced [koβ̞ɾaˈɾa]. correrá is at rank #29,132, tagged as averb, pronounced [koreˈɾa].

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 57817, this pair ranks #68,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cobrará vs correrá

Shared letters: corá. Private to "cobrará": ab. Private to "correrá": e.

"cobrará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "correrá" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cobrará" for "correrá" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koβ̞ɾaˈɾa] versus [koreˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cobrará" or "correrá" show up more?
"cobrará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,685 in our Spanish list, against #29,132 for "correrá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cobrará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "correrá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cobrará" and "correrá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chorrera vs correrá". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #68,956 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