Which to use
“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.
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
- colaborador ← ccolaborador · cloaborador · coalborador · colabborador · colaboardor · colaboraddor · colaboradorr · colaboradro
- colaboradoras ← ccolaboradoras · cloaboradoras · coalboradoras · colabboradoras · colaboardoras · colaboraddoras · colaboradoars · colaboradorass
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "colaborador" for "colaboradoras" ever safe?
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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.