acordadosvsaportadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#35,323
“acordados” frequency rank
#29,925
“aportados” frequency rank
65248
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acordados aportados
Definition Forma del plural de acordado, participio de acordar o de acordarse. Forma del plural de aportado, participio de aportar.

Where the eye mixes acordados and aportados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acordados 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
acordados
9 ch
aportados

Why the eye confuses acordados with aportados

A purely visual mix-up. acordados ([akoɾˈð̞að̞os]) 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 65248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acordados is recorded at frequency rank #35,323, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞að̞os]. 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 65248, this pair ranks #43,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acordados vs aportados

Shared letters: adors. Private to "acordados": c. Private to "aportados": pt.

"acordados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "aportados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acordadosaccordados · acodrados · acoraddos · acordaddos · acordadoss · acordadso · acordaods · acorddados
  • aportadosaoprtados · aporatdos · aporrtados · aportaddos · aportadoss · aportadso · aportaods · aportdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acordados" for "aportados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akoɾˈð̞að̞os] versus [apoɾˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acordados" or "aportados"?
"aportados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,925 in our Spanish list, against #35,323 for "acordados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "acordados" 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 #43,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acordados" and "aportados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acordados vs acordáis". 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 #43,199 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