Which to use
“collabore” and “collaborer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,653
- “collabore” frequency rank
- #12,744
- “collaborer” frequency rank
- 30397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | collabore | collaborer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe collaborer. | Travailler en collaboration. |
Where the eye mixes collabore and collaborer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. collabore runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against collaborer's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: collabore vs collaborer
A purely visual mix-up. collabore (\kɔ.la.bɔʁ\) and collaborer (\kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁe\) 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) - “collabore” sits inside “collaborer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
collabore is recorded at frequency rank #17,653, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.la.bɔʁ\. collaborer is at rank #12,744, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁe\.
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 30397, this pair ranks #310,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of collabore vs collaborer
Shared letters: abcelor. Private to "collabore": -. Private to "collaborer": -.
"collabore" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "collaborer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- collabore ← ccollabore · clolabore · colabore · colalbore · collabbore · collaboer · collabroe · collaobre
- collaborer ← ccollaborer · clolaborer · colaborer · colalborer · collabborer · collaboerr · collaborerr · collaborre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "collabore" and "collaborer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "collabore" or "collaborer"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "collabore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "collaborer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "collabore" and "collaborer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "collabore vs collabos". 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 #310,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.