Which to use
“soportado” and “soportan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,237
- “soportado” frequency rank
- #17,294
- “soportan” frequency rank
- 40531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soportado | soportan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de soportar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de soportar. |
Where the eye mixes soportado and soportan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. soportado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against soportan's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses soportado with soportan
A purely visual mix-up. soportado ([sopoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and soportan ([soˈpoɾt̪ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soportado is recorded at frequency rank #23,237, classified as averb, pronounced [sopoɾˈt̪að̞o]. soportan is at rank #17,294, tagged as averb, pronounced [soˈpoɾt̪ãn].
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 40531, this pair ranks #158,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soportado vs soportan
Shared letters: aoprst. Private to "soportado": d. Private to "soportan": n.
"soportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "soportan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soportado" for "soportan" ever safe?
Which is more common, "soportado" or "soportan"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "soportado" and "soportan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soportado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soportan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soportado" and "soportan" 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 #158,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.