compartovscomportaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: comparto is a verb, comporta is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comparto” is a verb and “comporta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,758
“comparto” frequency rank
#13,413
“comporta” frequency rank
20171
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comparto comporta
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de compartir. Tipo de canasta que en algunos sitios usan para la vendimia.

Where the eye mixes comparto and comporta

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

8 ch
comparto
8 ch
comporta

Visual trap between comparto and comporta

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comparto is [kõmˈpaɾt̪o] while comporta is [kõmˈpoɾt̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comparto is recorded at frequency rank #6,758, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmˈpaɾt̪o]. comporta is at rank #13,413, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõmˈpoɾt̪a].

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 20171, this pair ranks #260,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comparto vs comporta

Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "comparto": -. Private to "comporta": -.

"comparto" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "comporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • compartoccomparto · cmoparto · comaprto · commparto · comparot · comparrto · compartto · compatro
  • comportaccomporta · cmoporta · commporta · comoprta · comporat · comporrta · comportta · compotra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comparto" and "comporta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comparto" is a verb and "comporta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comparto" or "comporta" show up more?
"comparto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,758 in our Spanish list, against #13,413 for "comporta". 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 "comparto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comporta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comparto" and "comporta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comporta vs comporten". 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 #260,495 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