aportadavsaportandoConfusable pair

Quick tell: aportada is a participle, aportando is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aportada” is a participle and “aportando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,555
“aportada” frequency rank
#14,510
“aportando” frequency rank
59065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aportada aportando
Definition Forma del femenino de aportado, participio de aportar. Gerundio de aportar.

Where the eye mixes aportada and aportando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
aportada
9 ch
aportando

Look-alike desk: aportada vs aportando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aportada is [apoɾˈt̪að̞a] while aportando is [apoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59065, 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]. aportando is at rank #14,510, tagged as averb, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].

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 59065, this pair ranks #64,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aportada vs aportando

Shared letters: adoprt. Private to "aportada": -. Private to "aportando": n.

"aportada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "aportando" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aportadaaoprtada · aporatda · aporrtada · aportaad · aportadda · aportdaa · aporttada · apotrada
  • aportandoaoprtando · aporatndo · aporrtando · aportadno · aportanddo · aportanndo · aportanod · aportnado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aportada" and "aportando" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aportada" is a participle and "aportando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aportada" or "aportando"?
"aportando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,510 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aportada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aportando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aportada" and "aportando" 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 #64,027 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