soportavssoportoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,575
“soporta” frequency rank
#12,483
“soporto” frequency rank
23058
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes soporta and soporto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. soporta and soporto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
soporta
7 ch
soporto

Visual trap between soporta and soporto

A purely visual mix-up. soporta ([soˈpoɾt̪a]) and soporto ([soˈpoɾt̪o]) 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 a single letter - a in “soporta” becomes o in “soporto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23058, 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]. soporto is at rank #12,483, tagged as averb, pronounced [soˈpoɾt̪o].

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 23058, this pair ranks #247,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of soporta vs soporto

Shared letters: oprst. Private to "soporta": a. Private to "soporto": -.

"soporta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "soporto" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soporta ← osporta · sooprta · soporat · soporrta · soportta · sopotra · sopporta · soprota
  • soporto ← osporto · sooprto · soporot · soporrto · soportto · sopotro · sopporto · soproto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "soporta" and "soporto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([soˈpoɾt̪a] versus [soˈpoɾt̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "soporta" or "soporto"?
"soporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,575 in our Spanish list, against #12,483 for "soporto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soporto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soporta" and "soporto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soporta vs soportaba". 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 #247,563 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