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

#48,804
“apartando” frequency rank
#16,259
“aportado” frequency rank
65063
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apartando aportado
Definition Gerundio de apartar. Participio de aportar.

Where the eye mixes apartando and aportado

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

9 ch
apartando
8 ch
aportado

Why the eye confuses apartando with aportado

A purely visual mix-up. apartando ([apaɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) and aportado ([apoɾˈt̪að̞o]) 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 65063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apartando is recorded at frequency rank #48,804, classified as averb, pronounced [apaɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. aportado is at rank #16,259, tagged as averb, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞o].

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 65063, this pair ranks #43,740 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apartando vs aportado

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apartando ← aaprtando · aparatndo · aparrtando · apartadno · apartanddo · apartanndo · apartanod · apartnado
  • aportado ← aoprtado · aporatdo · aporrtado · aportaddo · aportaod · aportdao · aporttado · apotrado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "apartando" for "aportado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([apaɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o] versus [apoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "apartando" vs "aportado" - which ranks higher?
"aportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,259 in our Spanish list, against #48,804 for "apartando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "apartando" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,740 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apartando" and "aportado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apartan vs apartando". 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 #43,740 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