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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adornada" for "aportada" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adornada" vs "aportada" - which ranks higher?
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.