Which to use
“trabajar” and “trabajé” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #518
- “trabajar” frequency rank
- #12,497
- “trabajé” frequency rank
- 13015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trabajar | trabajé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Realizar una actividad sea física o mental. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de trabajar. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set trabajar and trabajé apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. trabajar ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾ]) and trabajé ([t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxe]) 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 13015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trabajar is recorded at frequency rank #518, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾ]. trabajé is at rank #12,497, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxe].
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 13015, this pair ranks #289,442 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of trabajar vs trabajé
Shared letters: abjrt. Private to "trabajar": -. Private to "trabajé": é.
"trabajar" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "trabajé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- trabajar ← rtabajar · tarbajar · traabjar · trabaajr · trabajarr · trabajjar · trabajra · trabbajar