apartado vs apartando, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“apartado” is an adjective and “apartando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,855
“apartado” frequency rank: #48,804
“apartando” frequency rank: 53659
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	apartado	apartando
Definition	Distante, lejano, retirado.	Gerundio de apartar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set apartado and apartando apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

apartado

9 ch

apartando

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apartado is [apaɾˈt̪að̞o] while apartando is [apaɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apartado is recorded at frequency rank #4,855, classified as anadj, pronounced [apaɾˈt̪að̞o]. apartando is at rank #48,804, tagged as averb, pronounced [apaɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].

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 53659, this pair ranks #86,829 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apartado vs apartando

Shared letters: adoprt. Private to "apartado": -. Private to "apartando": n.

"apartado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "apartando" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

apartado ← aaprtado · aparatdo · aparrtado · apartaddo · apartaod · apartdao · aparttado · apatrado
apartando ← aaprtando · aparatndo · aparrtando · apartadno · apartanddo · apartanndo · apartanod · apartnado

Frequency comparison

apartado#4,855

apartando#48,804

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apartado" and "apartando" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apartado" is an adjective and "apartando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "apartado" or "apartando"?

"apartado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,855 in our Spanish list, against #48,804 for "apartando". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering apartado vs apartando

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “apartado”; for a verb, it's “apartando”.
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