aportadovsapoyadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,259
“aportado” frequency rank
#6,032
“apoyado” frequency rank
22291
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aportado apoyado
Definition Participio de aportar. Participio de apoyar o de apoyarse.

Where the eye mixes aportado and apoyado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
aportado
7 ch
apoyado

Visual trap between aportado and apoyado

A purely visual mix-up. aportado ([apoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and apoyado ([apoˈʝað̞o]) 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 22291, 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]. apoyado is at rank #6,032, tagged as averb, pronounced [apoˈʝað̞o].

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 22291, this pair ranks #251,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aportado vs apoyado

Shared letters: adop. Private to "aportado": rt. Private to "apoyado": y.

"aportado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "apoyado" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aportadoaoprtado · aporatdo · aporrtado · aportaddo · aportaod · aportdao · aporttado · apotrado
  • apoyadoaopyado · apoaydo · apoyaddo · apoyaod · apoydao · apoyyado · appoyado · apyoado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aportado" and "apoyado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([apoɾˈt̪að̞o] versus [apoˈʝað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aportado" vs "apoyado" - which ranks higher?
"apoyado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,032 in our Spanish list, against #16,259 for "aportado". 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 "aportado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apoyado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #251,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aportado" and "apoyado" 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 #251,027 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