Which to use
“comportaba” and “comportado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,523
- “comportaba” frequency rank
- #38,585
- “comportado” frequency rank
- 88108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comportaba | comportado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comportar o de comportarse. | Participio de comportar o de comportarse. |
Where the eye mixes comportaba and comportado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. comportaba and comportado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between comportaba and comportado
A purely visual mix-up. comportaba ([kõmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]) and comportado ([kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comportaba is recorded at frequency rank #49,523, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]. 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 88108, this pair ranks #3,993 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comportaba vs comportado
Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "comportaba": b. Private to "comportado": d.
"comportaba" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "comportado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- comportaba ← ccomportaba · cmoportaba · commportaba · comoprtaba · comporatba · comporrtaba · comportaab · comportabba
- comportado ← ccomportado · cmoportado · commportado · comoprtado · comporatdo · comporrtado · comportaddo · comportaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comportaba" and "comportado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "comportaba" vs "comportado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "comportaba" 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 #3,993 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comportaba" and "comportado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comportaba vs comportar". 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 #3,993 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.