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

#47,554
“aportadas” frequency rank
#25,137
“apoyadas” frequency rank
72691
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aportadas apoyadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de aportado, participio de aportar. Forma del femenino plural de apoyado, participio de apoyar o de apoyarse.

Where the eye mixes aportadas and apoyadas

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

9 ch
aportadas
8 ch
apoyadas

Why the eye confuses aportadas with apoyadas

A purely visual mix-up. aportadas ([apoɾˈt̪að̞as]) and apoyadas ([apoˈʝað̞as]) 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 72691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aportadas is recorded at frequency rank #47,554, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞as]. apoyadas is at rank #25,137, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [apoˈʝað̞as].

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 72691, this pair ranks #24,846 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aportadas vs apoyadas

Shared letters: adops. Private to "aportadas": rt. Private to "apoyadas": y.

"aportadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "apoyadas" · 8 letters · shape VCVVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aportadasaoprtadas · aporatdas · aporrtadas · aportaads · aportadass · aportaddas · aportadsa · aportdaas
  • apoyadasaopyadas · apoaydas · apoyaads · apoyadass · apoyaddas · apoyadsa · apoydaas · apoyyadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aportadas" and "apoyadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([apoɾˈt̪að̞as] versus [apoˈʝað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aportadas" vs "apoyadas" - which ranks higher?
"apoyadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,137 in our Spanish list, against #47,554 for "aportadas". 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 "aportadas" and "apoyadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aportadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apoyadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,846 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aportadas" and "apoyadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anotadas 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 #24,846 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