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

#8,928
“colaborador” frequency rank
#48,295
“colaboradoras” frequency rank
57223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature colaborador colaboradoras
Definition Que colabora. Forma del femenino plural de colaborador.

Where the eye mixes colaborador and colaboradoras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. colaborador runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVCVC) against colaboradoras's 13 (CVCVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
colaborador
13 ch
colaboradoras

Visual trap between colaborador and colaboradoras

A purely visual mix-up. colaborador ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾ]) and colaboradoras ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾas]) 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) - “colaborador” sits inside “colaboradoras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

colaborador is recorded at frequency rank #8,928, classified as anadj, pronounced [kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾ]. colaboradoras is at rank #48,295, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾas].

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 57223, this pair ranks #71,348 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of colaborador vs colaboradoras

Shared letters: abcdlor. Private to "colaborador": -. Private to "colaboradoras": s.

"colaborador" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "colaboradoras" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • colaboradorccolaborador · cloaborador · coalborador · colabborador · colaboardor · colaboraddor · colaboradorr · colaboradro
  • colaboradorasccolaboradoras · cloaboradoras · coalboradoras · colabboradoras · colaboardoras · colaboraddoras · colaboradoars · colaboradorass

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "colaborador" for "colaboradoras" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾ] versus [kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "colaborador" or "colaboradoras" show up more?
"colaborador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,928 in our Spanish list, against #48,295 for "colaboradoras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "colaborador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "colaboradoras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,348 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "colaborador" and "colaboradoras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colaboradora vs colaboradoras". 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 #71,348 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