Which to use
“colabora” and “colaborado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,377
- “colabora” frequency rank
- #15,048
- “colaborado” frequency rank
- 26425
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colabora | colaborado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de colaborar. | Participio de colaborar. |
Where the eye mixes colabora and colaborado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. colabora runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against colaborado's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: colabora vs colaborado
A purely visual mix-up. colabora ([kolaˈβ̞oɾa]) and colaborado ([kolaβ̞oˈɾað̞o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “colabora” sits inside “colaborado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colabora is recorded at frequency rank #11,377, classified as averb, pronounced [kolaˈβ̞oɾa]. colaborado is at rank #15,048, tagged as averb, pronounced [kolaβ̞oˈɾað̞o].
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 26425, this pair ranks #231,670 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of colabora vs colaborado
Shared letters: abclor. Private to "colabora": -. Private to "colaborado": d.
"colabora" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "colaborado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- colabora ← ccolabora · cloabora · coalbora · colabbora · colaboar · colabroa · colaobra · colavora
- colaborado ← ccolaborado · cloaborado · coalborado · colabborado · colaboardo · colaboraddo · colaboraod · colabordao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "colabora" and "colaborado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "colabora" or "colaborado"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "colabora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colaborado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,670 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colabora" and "colaborado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colaborado vs colaboramos". 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 #231,670 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.