Which to use
“comporta” is a noun and “comportado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,413
- “comporta” frequency rank
- #38,585
- “comportado” frequency rank
- 51998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comporta | comportado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tipo de canasta que en algunos sitios usan para la vendimia. | Participio de comportar o de comportarse. |
Where the eye mixes comporta and comportado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. comporta runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against comportado's 10 (CVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: comporta vs comportado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comporta is [kõmˈpoɾt̪a] while comportado is [kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “comporta” sits inside “comportado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comporta is recorded at frequency rank #13,413, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõmˈpoɾt̪a]. comportado is at rank #38,585, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o].
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 51998, this pair ranks #94,941 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comporta vs comportado
Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "comporta": -. Private to "comportado": d.
"comporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "comportado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- comporta ← ccomporta · cmoporta · commporta · comoprta · comporat · comporrta · comportta · compotra
- comportado ← ccomportado · cmoportado · commportado · comoprtado · comporatdo · comporrtado · comportaddo · comportaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comporta" and "comportado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comporta" or "comportado" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "comporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comportado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,941 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comporta" and "comportado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comportaba vs comportado". 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 #94,941 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.