Which to use
“apartados” and “aportadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,277
- “apartados” frequency rank
- #47,554
- “aportadas” frequency rank
- 62831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apartados | aportadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de apartado. | Forma del femenino plural de aportado, participio de aportar. |
Where the eye mixes apartados and aportadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. apartados and aportadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between apartados and aportadas
A purely visual mix-up. apartados ([apaɾˈt̪að̞os]) and aportadas ([apoɾˈt̪að̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apartados is recorded at frequency rank #15,277, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apaɾˈt̪að̞os]. aportadas is at rank #47,554, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞as].
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 62831, this pair ranks #50,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apartados vs aportadas
Shared letters: adoprst. Private to "apartados": -. Private to "aportadas": -.
"apartados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "aportadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apartados" for "aportadas" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "apartados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aportadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apartados" and "aportadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anotadas 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 #50,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.