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

#23,347
“colaboradora” frequency rank
#5,808
“colaboradores” frequency rank
29155
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes colaboradora and colaboradores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. colaboradora runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCVCVCV) against colaboradores's 13 (CVCVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
colaboradora
13 ch
colaboradores

Why the eye confuses colaboradora with colaboradores

A purely visual mix-up. colaboradora ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29155, 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]. 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 29155, this pair ranks #218,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of colaboradora vs colaboradores

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • colaboradoraccolaboradora · cloaboradora · coalboradora · colabboradora · colaboardora · colaboraddora · colaboradoar · colaboradorra
  • colaboradoresccolaboradores · cloaboradores · coalboradores · colabboradores · colaboardores · colaboraddores · colaboradoers · colaboradoress

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "colaboradora" for "colaboradores" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾa] versus [kolaβ̞oɾaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "colaboradora" or "colaboradores" show up more?
"colaboradores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,808 in our Spanish list, against #23,347 for "colaboradora". 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 "colaboradora" 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 #218,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "colaboradora" and "colaboradores" 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 #218,421 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