alardevsaparteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: alarde is a noun, aparte is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“alarde” is a noun and “aparte” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,470
“alarde” frequency rank
#1,837
“aparte” frequency rank
29307
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alarde aparte
Definition La acción y efecto de ostentar o presumir algo. En otro lugar.

Where the eye mixes alarde and aparte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
alarde
6 ch
aparte

Visual trap between alarde and aparte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alarde is [aˈlaɾð̞e] while aparte is [aˈpaɾt̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alarde is recorded at frequency rank #27,470, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈlaɾð̞e]. aparte is at rank #1,837, tagged as anadv, pronounced [aˈpaɾt̪e].

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 29307, this pair ranks #217,663 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alarde vs aparte

Shared letters: aer. Private to "alarde": dl. Private to "aparte": pt.

"alarde" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "aparte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alardeaalrde · aladre · alardde · alared · alarrde · allarde · alrade · laarde
  • aparteaaprte · aparet · aparrte · apartte · apatre · apparte · aprate · paarte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "alarde" for "aparte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alarde" is a noun and "aparte" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alarde" or "aparte" show up more?
"aparte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,837 in our Spanish list, against #27,470 for "alarde". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "alarde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aparte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #217,663 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alarde" and "aparte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alarde vs amarse". 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 #217,663 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