acertadavsaportadaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#13,830
“acertada” frequency rank
#44,555
“aportada” frequency rank
58385
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acertada aportada
Definition Forma del femenino de acertado, participio de acertar. Forma del femenino de aportado, participio de aportar.

Where the eye mixes acertada and aportada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acertada and aportada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
acertada
8 ch
aportada

Why the eye confuses acertada with aportada

A purely visual mix-up. acertada ([aseɾˈt̪að̞a]) and aportada ([apoɾˈt̪að̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acertada is recorded at frequency rank #13,830, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aseɾˈt̪að̞a]. aportada is at rank #44,555, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞a].

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 58385, this pair ranks #66,630 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acertada vs aportada

Shared letters: adrt. Private to "acertada": ce. Private to "aportada": op.

"acertada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "aportada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acertada ← accertada · aceratda · acerrtada · acertaad · acertadda · acertdaa · acerttada · acetrada
  • aportada ← aoprtada · aporatda · aporrtada · aportaad · aportadda · aportdaa · aporttada · apotrada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acertada" and "aportada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aseɾˈt̪að̞a] versus [apoɾˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acertada" vs "aportada" - which ranks higher?
"acertada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,830 in our Spanish list, against #44,555 for "aportada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acertada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,630 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acertada" and "aportada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aportada vs aportadas". 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 #66,630 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