trabajadorasvstrabajadoresWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#9,213
“trabajadoras” frequency rank
#835
“trabajadores” frequency rank
10048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trabajadoras trabajadores
Definition Forma del femenino plural de trabajador. Forma del masculino plural de trabajador.

Where the eye mixes trabajadoras and trabajadores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. trabajadoras and trabajadores follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
trabajadoras
12 ch
trabajadores

Why the eye confuses trabajadoras with trabajadores

A purely visual mix-up. trabajadoras ([t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾas]) and trabajadores ([t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾes]) 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 a single letter - a in “trabajadoras” becomes e in “trabajadores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trabajadoras is recorded at frequency rank #9,213, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾas]. trabajadores is at rank #835, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾes].

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 10048, this pair ranks #300,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of trabajadoras vs trabajadores

Shared letters: abdjorst. Private to "trabajadoras": -. Private to "trabajadores": e.

"trabajadoras" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "trabajadores" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trabajadoras ← rtabajadoras · tarbajadoras · traabjadoras · trabaajdoras · trabajaddoras · trabajadoars · trabajadorass · trabajadorras
  • trabajadores ← rtabajadores · tarbajadores · traabjadores · trabaajdores · trabajaddores · trabajadoers · trabajadoress · trabajadorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "trabajadoras" for "trabajadores" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾas] versus [t̪ɾaβ̞axaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "trabajadoras" or "trabajadores"?
"trabajadores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #835 in our Spanish list, against #9,213 for "trabajadoras". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajadoras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trabajadores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #300,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trabajadoras" and "trabajadores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabajadoras vs trabajados". 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 #300,005 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