Which to use
“soporte” is a noun and “soporto” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,382
- “soporte” frequency rank
- #12,483
- “soporto” frequency rank
- 16865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soporte | soporto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Telonero, artista que actúa antes de la atracción principal. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de soportar. |
Where the eye mixes soporte and soporto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. soporte and soporto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: soporte vs soporto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soporte is [soˈpoɾt̪e] while soporto is [soˈpoɾt̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “soporte” becomes o in “soporto”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soporte is recorded at frequency rank #4,382, classified as anoun, pronounced [soˈpoɾt̪e]. 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 16865, this pair ranks #274,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soporte vs soporto
Shared letters: oprst. Private to "soporte": e. Private to "soporto": -.
"soporte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "soporto" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soporte" and "soporto" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "soporte" or "soporto" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "soporte" and "soporto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soporte" 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 #274,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soporte" and "soporto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soportado vs soporto". 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 #274,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.