adoranvsaportanTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,872
“adoran” frequency rank
#10,792
“aportan” frequency rank
31664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adoran aportan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de adorar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aportar.

Where the eye mixes adoran and aportan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adoran runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against aportan's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
adoran
7 ch
aportan

Visual trap between adoran and aportan

A purely visual mix-up. adoran ([aˈð̞oɾãn]) and aportan ([aˈpoɾt̪ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adoran is recorded at frequency rank #20,872, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈð̞oɾãn]. aportan is at rank #10,792, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈpoɾt̪ãn].

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 31664, this pair ranks #205,944 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adoran vs aportan

Shared letters: anor. Private to "adoran": d. Private to "aportan": pt.

"adoran" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "aportan" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adoran ← addoran · adoarn · adorann · adorran · adroan · aodran · daoran
  • aportan ← aoprtan · aporatn · aporrtan · aportann · aportna · aporttan · apotran · apportan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adoran" for "aportan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈð̞oɾãn] versus [aˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "adoran" vs "aportan" - which ranks higher?
"aportan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,792 in our Spanish list, against #20,872 for "adoran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "adoran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,944 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adoran" and "aportan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoraban vs adoran". 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 #205,944 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