Which to use
“abordados” is a participle and “abortado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,923
- “abordados” frequency rank
- #46,293
- “abortado” frequency rank
- 84216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordados | abortado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de abordado, participio de abordar. | Participio de abortar. |
Where the eye mixes abordados and abortado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. abordados runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVC) against abortado's 8 (VCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between abordados and abortado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abordados is [aβ̞oɾˈð̞að̞os] while abortado is [aβ̞oɾˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84216, 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]. abortado is at rank #46,293, tagged as averb, pronounced [aβ̞oɾˈt̪að̞o].
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 84216, this pair ranks #7,287 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abordados vs abortado
Shared letters: abdor. Private to "abordados": s. Private to "abortado": t.
"abordados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "abortado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abordados" and "abortado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "abordados" or "abortado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "abordados" and "abortado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abordados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abortado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,287 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordados" and "abortado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abortado vs abultado". 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 #7,287 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.