Which to use
“tolerable” and “tolerante” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,357
- “tolerable” frequency rank
- #18,703
- “tolerante” frequency rank
- 56060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tolerable | tolerante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que se puede admitir, permitir o aceptar sin aprobar de manera expresa o en su totalidad | Persona que respeta ideas y formas de actuar aun cuando no las comparte. |
Where the eye mixes tolerable and tolerante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. tolerable and tolerante follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: tolerable vs tolerante
A purely visual mix-up. tolerable ([t̪oleˈɾaβ̞le]) and tolerante ([t̪oleˈɾãn̪t̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tolerable is recorded at frequency rank #37,357, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪oleˈɾaβ̞le]. tolerante is at rank #18,703, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪oleˈɾãn̪t̪e].
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 56060, this pair ranks #76,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tolerable vs tolerante
Shared letters: aelort. Private to "tolerable": b. Private to "tolerante": n.
"tolerable" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "tolerante" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tolerable" and "tolerante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tolerable" vs "tolerante" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tolerable" and "tolerante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tolerable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tolerante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tolerable" and "tolerante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toleran vs tolerante". 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 #76,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.