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“soporta” and “soportado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,575
“soporta” frequency rank
#23,237
“soportado” frequency rank
33812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soporta soportado
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de soportar. Participio de soportar.

Where the eye mixes soporta and soportado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. soporta runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against soportado's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
soporta
9 ch
soportado

Look-alike desk: soporta vs soportado

A purely visual mix-up. soporta ([soˈpoɾt̪a]) and soportado ([sopoɾˈt̪að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “soporta” sits inside “soportado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soporta is recorded at frequency rank #10,575, classified as averb, pronounced [soˈpoɾt̪a]. soportado is at rank #23,237, tagged as averb, pronounced [sopoɾˈt̪að̞o].

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 33812, this pair ranks #194,759 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of soporta vs soportado

Shared letters: aoprst. Private to "soporta": -. Private to "soportado": d.

"soporta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "soportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soporta ← osporta · sooprta · soporat · soporrta · soportta · sopotra · sopporta · soprota
  • soportado ← osportado · sooprtado · soporatdo · soporrtado · soportaddo · soportaod · soportdao · soporttado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "soporta" and "soportado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([soˈpoɾt̪a] versus [sopoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "soporta" or "soportado"?
"soporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,575 in our Spanish list, against #23,237 for "soportado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soportado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,759 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soporta" and "soportado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soportaba vs soportado". 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 #194,759 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