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

#4,382
“soporte” frequency rank
#11,139
“sport” frequency rank
15521
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soporte sport
Definition Telonero, artista que actúa antes de la atracción principal. Deporte.

Where the eye mixes soporte and sport

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soporte runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against sport's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
soporte
5 ch
sport

Why the eye confuses soporte with sport

A purely visual mix-up. soporte ([soˈpoɾt̪e]) and sport ([spɔʁ]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15521, 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]. sport is at rank #11,139, tagged as anoun, pronounced [spɔʁ].

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 15521, this pair ranks #279,809 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of soporte vs sport

Shared letters: oprst. Private to "soporte": e. Private to "sport": -.

"soporte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "sport" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soporte ← osporte · sooprte · soporet · soporrte · soportte · sopotre · sopporte · soprote
  • sport ← psort · soprt · sporrt · sportt · spotr · spport · sprot · ssport

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "soporte" for "sport" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([soˈpoɾt̪e] versus [spɔʁ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "soporte" or "sport" show up more?
"soporte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,382 in our Spanish list, against #11,139 for "sport". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "soporte" and "sport" 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 "sport" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #279,809 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soporte" and "sport" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "spark vs sport". 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 #279,809 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