soportadovssoportarWhat's the difference?

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

#23,237
“soportado” frequency rank
#4,837
“soportar” frequency rank
28074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soportado soportar
Definition Participio de soportar. Llevar y sostener sobre sí un peso o carga.

Where the eye mixes soportado and soportar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
soportado
8 ch
soportar

Visual trap between soportado and soportar

A purely visual mix-up. soportado ([sopoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and soportar ([sopoɾˈt̪aɾ]) 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 28074, 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]. soportar is at rank #4,837, tagged as averb, pronounced [sopoɾˈt̪aɾ].

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 28074, this pair ranks #223,788 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of soportado vs soportar

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

"soportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "soportar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soportadoosportado · sooprtado · soporatdo · soporrtado · soportaddo · soportaod · soportdao · soporttado
  • soportarosportar · sooprtar · soporatr · soporrtar · soportarr · soportra · soporttar · sopotrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "soportado" and "soportar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([sopoɾˈt̪að̞o] versus [sopoɾˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "soportado" vs "soportar" - which ranks higher?
"soportar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,837 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.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "soportado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soportar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,788 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soportado" and "soportar" 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 #223,788 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