Which to use
“soportado” and “soportando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,237
- “soportado” frequency rank
- #28,570
- “soportando” frequency rank
- 51807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soportado | soportando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de soportar. | Gerundio de soportar. |
Where the eye mixes soportado and soportando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. soportado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against soportando's 10 (CVCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses soportado with soportando
A purely visual mix-up. soportado ([sopoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and soportando ([sopoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) 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 51807, 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]. soportando is at rank #28,570, tagged as averb, pronounced [sopoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 51807, this pair ranks #95,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soportado vs soportando
Shared letters: adoprst. Private to "soportado": -. Private to "soportando": n.
"soportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "soportando" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- soportado ← osportado · sooprtado · soporatdo · soporrtado · soportaddo · soportaod · soportdao · soporttado
- soportando ← osportando · sooprtando · soporatndo · soporrtando · soportadno · soportanddo · soportanndo · soportanod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soportado" for "soportando" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soportado" vs "soportando" - which ranks higher?
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 "soportado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soportando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soportado" and "soportando" 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 #95,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.