Which to use
“portada” is a noun and “portado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,648
- “portada” frequency rank
- #28,511
- “portado” frequency rank
- 32159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portada | portado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Página de un libro donde, generalmente, aparecen el nombre del autor, el título del libro y la editorial. | Participio de portar o de portarse. |
Where the eye mixes portada and portado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. portada and portado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between portada and portado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: portada is [poɾˈt̪að̞a] while portado is [poɾˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “portada” becomes o in “portado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portada is recorded at frequency rank #3,648, classified as anoun, pronounced [poɾˈt̪að̞a]. portado is at rank #28,511, tagged as averb, pronounced [poɾˈt̪að̞o].
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 32159, this pair ranks #203,456 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portada vs portado
Shared letters: adoprt. Private to "portada": -. Private to "portado": -.
"portada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "portado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "portada" and "portado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "portada" vs "portado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "portada" and "portado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "portada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,456 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portada" and "portado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portado vs posado". 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 #203,456 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.