Which to use
“abordados” is a participle and “abordaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,923
- “abordados” frequency rank
- #34,411
- “abordaron” frequency rank
- 72334
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordados | abordaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de abordado, participio de abordar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de abordar. |
Where the eye mixes abordados and abordaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. abordados and abordaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between abordados and abordaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abordados is [aβ̞oɾˈð̞að̞os] while abordaron is [aβ̞oɾˈð̞aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abordados is recorded at frequency rank #37,923, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aβ̞oɾˈð̞að̞os]. abordaron is at rank #34,411, tagged as averb, pronounced [aβ̞oɾˈð̞aɾõn].
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 72334, this pair ranks #25,555 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abordados vs abordaron
Shared letters: abdor. Private to "abordados": s. Private to "abordaron": n.
"abordados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "abordaron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abordados" for "abordaron" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "abordados" or "abordaron" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "abordados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abordaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,555 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordados" and "abordaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordados vs abortado". 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 #25,555 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.