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

#16,259
“aportado” frequency rank
#24,375
“aportaron” frequency rank
40634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aportado aportaron
Definition Participio de aportar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aportar.

Where the eye mixes aportado and aportaron

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

8 ch
aportado
9 ch
aportaron

Look-alike desk: aportado vs aportaron

A purely visual mix-up. aportado ([apoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and aportaron ([apoɾˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 40634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aportado is recorded at frequency rank #16,259, classified as averb, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞o]. 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 40634, this pair ranks #158,024 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aportado vs aportaron

Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "aportado": d. Private to "aportaron": n.

"aportado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "aportaron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aportadoaoprtado · aporatdo · aporrtado · aportaddo · aportaod · aportdao · aporttado · apotrado
  • aportaronaoprtaron · aporatron · aporrtaron · aportaorn · aportarno · aportaronn · aportarron · aportraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aportado" for "aportaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([apoɾˈt̪að̞o] versus [apoɾˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aportado" vs "aportaron" - which ranks higher?
"aportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,259 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.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aportado" 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 #158,024 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aportado" and "aportaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apartando vs aportado". 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 #158,024 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