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

#33,397
“agotaron” frequency rank
#24,375
“aportaron” frequency rank
57772
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agotaron aportaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de agotar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aportar.

Where the eye mixes agotaron and aportaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agotaron runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against aportaron's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
agotaron
9 ch
aportaron

Why the eye confuses agotaron with aportaron

A purely visual mix-up. agotaron ([aɣ̞oˈt̪aɾõn]) and aportaron ([apoɾˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 57772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agotaron is recorded at frequency rank #33,397, classified as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪aɾõn]. aportaron is at rank #24,375, tagged as averb, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪aɾõn].

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 57772, this pair ranks #69,146 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agotaron vs aportaron

Shared letters: anort. Private to "agotaron": g. Private to "aportaron": p.

"agotaron" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "aportaron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agotaron ← aggotaron · agoatron · agotaorn · agotarno · agotaronn · agotarron · agotraon · agottaron
  • aportaron ← aoprtaron · aporatron · aporrtaron · aportaorn · aportarno · aportaronn · aportarron · aportraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agotaron" for "aportaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aɣ̞oˈt̪aɾõn] versus [apoɾˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agotaron" or "aportaron"?
"aportaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,375 in our Spanish list, against #33,397 for "agotaron". 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 "agotaron" and "aportaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agotaron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,146 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agotaron" and "aportaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agotaron vs ataron". 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 #69,146 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