apartevsapunteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: aparte is a adverb, apunte is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,837
“aparte” frequency rank
#18,746
“apunte” frequency rank
20583
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aparte apunte
Definition En otro lugar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de apuntar o de apuntarse.

Where the eye mixes aparte and apunte

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

6 ch
aparte
6 ch
apunte

Look-alike desk: aparte vs apunte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aparte is [aˈpaɾt̪e] while apunte is [aˈpũn̪t̪e]. 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 (adverb vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aparte is recorded at frequency rank #1,837, classified as anadv, pronounced [aˈpaɾt̪e]. apunte is at rank #18,746, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈpũn̪t̪e].

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 20583, this pair ranks #258,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aparte vs apunte

Shared letters: aept. Private to "aparte": r. Private to "apunte": nu.

"aparte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "apunte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aparteaaprte · aparet · aparrte · apartte · apatre · apparte · aprate · paarte
  • apunteapnute · appunte · apunet · apunnte · apuntte · aputne · aupnte · paunte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aparte" and "apunte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aparte" is an adverb and "apunte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aparte" or "apunte" show up more?
"aparte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,837 in our Spanish list, against #18,746 for "apunte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aparte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apunte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #258,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aparte" and "apunte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apreté vs apunte". 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 #258,680 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