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

#8,928
“colaborador” frequency rank
#5,808
“colaboradores” frequency rank
14736
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature colaborador colaboradores
Definition Que colabora. Forma del plural de colaborador.

Where the eye mixes colaborador and colaboradores

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

11 ch
colaborador
13 ch
colaboradores

Look-alike desk: colaborador vs colaboradores

A purely visual mix-up. colaborador ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾ]) and colaboradores ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾes]) 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 “colaboradores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14736, 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]. colaboradores is at rank #5,808, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾes].

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 14736, this pair ranks #282,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of colaborador vs colaboradores

Shared letters: abcdlor. Private to "colaborador": -. Private to "colaboradores": es.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • colaboradorccolaborador · cloaborador · coalborador · colabborador · colaboardor · colaboraddor · colaboradorr · colaboradro
  • colaboradoresccolaboradores · cloaboradores · coalboradores · colabboradores · colaboardores · colaboraddores · colaboradoers · colaboradoress

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "colaborador" and "colaboradores" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾ] versus [kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "colaborador" vs "colaboradores" - which ranks higher?
"colaboradores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,808 in our Spanish list, against #8,928 for "colaborador". 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 "colaborador" and "colaboradores" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "colaborador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "colaboradores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #282,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "colaborador" and "colaboradores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colaborador 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 #282,961 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