aportadosvsaportandoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#29,925
“aportados” frequency rank
#14,510
“aportando” frequency rank
44435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aportados aportando
Definition Forma del plural de aportado, participio de aportar. Gerundio de aportar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aportados and aportando apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
aportados
9 ch
aportando

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aportados is [apoɾˈt̪að̞os] while aportando is [apoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aportados is recorded at frequency rank #29,925, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞os]. 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 44435, this pair ranks #137,077 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aportados vs aportando

Shared letters: adoprt. Private to "aportados": s. Private to "aportando": n.

"aportados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "aportando" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aportadosaoprtados · aporatdos · aporrtados · aportaddos · aportadoss · aportadso · aportaods · aportdaos
  • aportandoaoprtando · aporatndo · aporrtando · aportadno · aportanddo · aportanndo · aportanod · aportnado

Frequency comparison

aportados#29,925
aportando#14,510

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aportados" and "aportando" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aportados" is a participle and "aportando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aportados" or "aportando"?
"aportando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,510 in our Spanish list, against #29,925 for "aportados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering aportados vs aportando

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a participle, it's “aportados”; for a verb, it's “aportando”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “aportados” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list