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

#44,555
“aportada” frequency rank
#29,925
“aportados” frequency rank
74480
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aportada aportados
Definition Forma del femenino de aportado, participio de aportar. Forma del plural de aportado, participio de aportar.

Where the eye mixes aportada and aportados

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

8 ch
aportada
9 ch
aportados

Visual trap between aportada and aportados

A purely visual mix-up. aportada ([apoɾˈt̪að̞a]) and aportados ([apoɾˈt̪að̞os]) 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 74480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aportada is recorded at frequency rank #44,555, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞a]. aportados is at rank #29,925, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞os].

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 74480, this pair ranks #21,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aportada vs aportados

Shared letters: adoprt. Private to "aportada": -. Private to "aportados": s.

"aportada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "aportados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aportadaaoprtada · aporatda · aporrtada · aportaad · aportadda · aportdaa · aporttada · apotrada
  • aportadosaoprtados · aporatdos · aporrtados · aportaddos · aportadoss · aportadso · aportaods · aportdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aportada" and "aportados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([apoɾˈt̪að̞a] versus [apoɾˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aportada" or "aportados" show up more?
"aportados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,925 in our Spanish list, against #44,555 for "aportada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aportada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aportada" and "aportados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aportada 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 #21,250 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