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

#15,048
“colaborado” frequency rank
#22,985
“colaboraron” frequency rank
38033
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature colaborado colaboraron
Definition Participio de colaborar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de colaborar.

Where the eye mixes colaborado and colaboraron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. colaborado runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against colaboraron's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
colaborado
11 ch
colaboraron

Visual trap between colaborado and colaboraron

A purely visual mix-up. colaborado ([kolaβ̞oˈɾað̞o]) and colaboraron ([kolaβ̞oˈɾaɾõn]) 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 38033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

colaborado is recorded at frequency rank #15,048, classified as averb, pronounced [kolaβ̞oˈɾað̞o]. colaboraron is at rank #22,985, tagged as averb, pronounced [kolaβ̞oˈɾaɾõn].

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 38033, this pair ranks #172,182 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of colaborado vs colaboraron

Shared letters: abclor. Private to "colaborado": d. Private to "colaboraron": n.

"colaborado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "colaboraron" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • colaboradoccolaborado · cloaborado · coalborado · colabborado · colaboardo · colaboraddo · colaboraod · colabordao
  • colaboraronccolaboraron · cloaboraron · coalboraron · colabboraron · colaboarron · colaboraorn · colaborarno · colaboraronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "colaborado" and "colaboraron" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kolaβ̞oˈɾað̞o] versus [kolaβ̞oˈɾaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "colaborado" vs "colaboraron" - which ranks higher?
"colaborado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,048 in our Spanish list, against #22,985 for "colaboraron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "colaborado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "colaboraron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #172,182 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "colaborado" and "colaboraron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colaboramos vs colaboraron". 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 #172,182 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