aportaciónvsaportaronTell them apart

Quick tell: aportación is a noun, aportaron is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aportación” is a noun and “aportaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,404
“aportación” frequency rank
#24,375
“aportaron” frequency rank
33779
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aportación aportaron
Definition Acción o efecto de aportar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aportar.

Where the eye mixes aportación and aportaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aportación runs 10 letters (VCVCCVCVVC) against aportaron's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
aportación
9 ch
aportaron

Visual trap between aportación and aportaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aportación is [apoɾt̪aˈsjõn] while aportaron is [apoɾˈt̪aɾõn]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aportación is recorded at frequency rank #9,404, classified as anoun, pronounced [apoɾt̪aˈsjõn]. aportaron is at rank #24,375, tagged as averb, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪aɾõn].

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 33779, this pair ranks #194,933 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aportación vs aportaron

Shared letters: anoprt. Private to "aportación": ció. Private to "aportaron": -.

"aportación" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVC  ·  "aportaron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aportaron ← aoprtaron · aporatron · aporrtaron · aportaorn · aportarno · aportaronn · aportarron · aportraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aportación" and "aportaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aportación" is a noun and "aportaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aportación" or "aportaron"?
"aportación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,404 in our Spanish list, against #24,375 for "aportaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aportación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,933 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aportación" and "aportaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anotaron vs aportaron". 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 #194,933 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