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Which to use

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

#23,347
“colaboradora” frequency rank
#48,295
“colaboradoras” frequency rank
71642
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature colaboradora colaboradoras
Definition Forma del femenino de colaborador. Forma del femenino plural de colaborador.

Where the eye mixes colaboradora and colaboradoras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. colaboradora runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCVCVCV) against colaboradoras's 13 (CVCVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
colaboradora
13 ch
colaboradoras

Look-alike desk: colaboradora vs colaboradoras

A purely visual mix-up. colaboradora ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾa]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “colaboradora” sits inside “colaboradoras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

colaboradora is recorded at frequency rank #23,347, classified as anadj, pronounced [kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾa]. 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 71642, this pair ranks #27,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of colaboradora vs colaboradoras

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

"colaboradora" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVCV  ·  "colaboradoras" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • colaboradoraccolaboradora · cloaboradora · coalboradora · colabboradora · colaboardora · colaboraddora · colaboradoar · colaboradorra
  • colaboradorasccolaboradoras · cloaboradoras · coalboradoras · colabboradoras · colaboardoras · colaboraddoras · colaboradoars · colaboradorass

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "colaboradora" and "colaboradoras" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾa] versus [kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "colaboradora" vs "colaboradoras" - which ranks higher?
"colaboradora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,347 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "colaboradora" 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 #27,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "colaboradora" and "colaboradoras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colaborador 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 #27,057 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