adornadavsaportadaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#33,914
“adornada” frequency rank
#44,555
“aportada” frequency rank
78469
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adornada aportada
Definition Forma del femenino de adornado, participio de adornar. Forma del femenino de aportado, participio de aportar.

Where the eye mixes adornada and aportada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adornada 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
adornada
8 ch
aportada

Visual trap between adornada and aportada

A purely visual mix-up. adornada ([að̞oɾˈnað̞a]) 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 78469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adornada is recorded at frequency rank #33,914, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞oɾˈnað̞a]. 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 78469, this pair ranks #14,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of adornada vs aportada

Shared letters: ador. Private to "adornada": n. Private to "aportada": pt.

"adornada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "aportada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adornadaaddornada · adonrada · adoranda · adornaad · adornadda · adorndaa · adornnada · adorrnada
  • aportadaaoprtada · aporatda · aporrtada · aportaad · aportadda · aportdaa · aporttada · apotrada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adornada" for "aportada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞oɾˈnað̞a] versus [apoɾˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "adornada" vs "aportada" - which ranks higher?
"adornada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,914 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "adornada" 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 #14,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adornada" 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 #14,405 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