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

#6,616
“aporta” frequency rank
#10,792
“aportan” frequency rank
17408
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aporta aportan
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aportar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aportar.

Where the eye mixes aporta and aportan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. aporta runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against aportan's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
aporta
7 ch
aportan

Look-alike desk: aporta vs aportan

A purely visual mix-up. aporta ([aˈpoɾt̪a]) and aportan ([aˈpoɾt̪ãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “aporta” sits inside “aportan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aporta is recorded at frequency rank #6,616, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈpoɾt̪a]. aportan is at rank #10,792, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈpoɾt̪ãn].

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 17408, this pair ranks #272,233 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aporta vs aportan

Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "aporta": -. Private to "aportan": n.

"aporta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "aportan" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aporta ← aoprta · aporat · aporrta · aportta · apotra · apporta · aprota · paorta
  • aportan ← aoprtan · aporatn · aporrtan · aportann · aportna · aporttan · apotran · apportan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aporta" for "aportan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈpoɾt̪a] versus [aˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aporta" vs "aportan" - which ranks higher?
"aporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,616 in our Spanish list, against #10,792 for "aportan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #272,233 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aporta" and "aportan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apartan vs aportan". 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 #272,233 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