acortavsaportaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#46,903
“acorta” frequency rank
#6,616
“aporta” frequency rank
53519
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acorta aporta
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acortar o de acortarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aportar.

Where the eye mixes acorta and aporta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. acorta and aporta follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
acorta
6 ch
aporta

Visual trap between acorta and aporta

A purely visual mix-up. acorta ([aˈkoɾt̪a]) and aporta ([aˈpoɾt̪a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - c in “acorta” becomes p in “aporta”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acorta is recorded at frequency rank #46,903, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkoɾt̪a]. aporta is at rank #6,616, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈpoɾt̪a].

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 53519, this pair ranks #87,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acorta vs aporta

Shared letters: aort. Private to "acorta": c. Private to "aporta": p.

"acorta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "aporta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acorta ← accorta · acorat · acorrta · acortta · acrota · aocrta · caorta
  • aporta ← aoprta · aporat · aporrta · aportta · apotra · apporta · aprota · paorta

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acorta" and "aporta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkoɾt̪a] versus [aˈpoɾt̪a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acorta" or "aporta"?
"aporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,616 in our Spanish list, against #46,903 for "acorta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "acorta" and "aporta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acorta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aporta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acorta" and "aporta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acorta vs Alcorta". 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 #87,483 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