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

#37,179
“laborables” frequency rank
#3,795
“laborales” frequency rank
40974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laborables laborales
Definition Forma del plural de laborable. Forma del plural de laboral.

Where the eye mixes laborables and laborales

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. laborables runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCCVC) against laborales's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
laborables
9 ch
laborales

Visual trap between laborables and laborales

A purely visual mix-up. laborables ([laβ̞oˈɾaβ̞les]) and laborales ([laβ̞oˈɾales]) 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 40974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laborables is recorded at frequency rank #37,179, classified as anadj, pronounced [laβ̞oˈɾaβ̞les]. laborales is at rank #3,795, tagged as anadj, pronounced [laβ̞oˈɾales].

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 40974, this pair ranks #156,193 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laborables vs laborales

Shared letters: abelors. Private to "laborables": -. Private to "laborales": -.

"laborables" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC  ·  "laborales" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laborables ← alborables · labborables · laboarbles · laborabbles · laborabels · laborabless · laborablles · laborablse
  • laborales ← alborales · labborales · laboarles · laboraels · laboraless · laboralles · laboralse · laborlaes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "laborables" and "laborales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([laβ̞oˈɾaβ̞les] versus [laβ̞oˈɾales]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "laborables" vs "laborales" - which ranks higher?
"laborales" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,795 in our Spanish list, against #37,179 for "laborables". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "laborables" and "laborales" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "laborables" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "laborales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #156,193 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laborables" and "laborales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "labiales vs laborales". 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 #156,193 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