acertadosvsaportadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#41,158
“acertados” frequency rank
#29,925
“aportados” frequency rank
71083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acertados aportados
Definition Forma del plural de acertado, participio de acertar. Forma del plural de aportado, participio de aportar.

Where the eye mixes acertados and aportados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acertados and aportados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
acertados
9 ch
aportados

Why the eye confuses acertados with aportados

A purely visual mix-up. acertados ([aseɾˈt̪að̞os]) and aportados ([apoɾˈt̪að̞os]) 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 71083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acertados is recorded at frequency rank #41,158, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aseɾˈt̪að̞os]. aportados is at rank #29,925, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞os].

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 71083, this pair ranks #28,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acertados vs aportados

Shared letters: adorst. Private to "acertados": ce. Private to "aportados": p.

"acertados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "aportados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acertadosaccertados · aceratdos · acerrtados · acertaddos · acertadoss · acertadso · acertaods · acertdaos
  • aportadosaoprtados · aporatdos · aporrtados · aportaddos · aportadoss · aportadso · aportaods · aportdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acertados" for "aportados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aseɾˈt̪að̞os] versus [apoɾˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acertados" or "aportados" show up more?
"aportados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,925 in our Spanish list, against #41,158 for "acertados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acertados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acertados" and "aportados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acertados vs aterrados". 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 #28,267 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