aportevsapostoTell them apart

Quick tell: aporte is a noun, aposto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aporte” is a noun and “aposto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,427
“aporte” frequency rank
#5,817
“aposto” frequency rank
46244
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aporte aposto
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Letter map: aporte vs aposto

Shared letters muted; letters that set aporte and aposto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aporte and aposto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
aporte
6 ch
aposto

Role in the sentence - aporte and aposto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aporte is anoun and apostoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aporte is recorded at frequency rank #40,427, classified as anoun. aposto is at rank #5,817, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈpoʃ.tu/.

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 46244, this pair ranks #19,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aporte vs aposto

Shared letters: aopt. Private to "aporte": er. Private to "aposto": s.

"aporte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "aposto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aporte ← aoprte · aporet · aporrte · aportte · apotre · apporte · aprote · paorte
  • aposto ← aopsto · aposot · apossto · apostto · apotso · apposto · apsoto · paosto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aporte" and "aposto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aporte" is a noun and "aposto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aporte" vs "aposto" - which ranks higher?
"aposto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,817 in our Portuguese list, against #40,427 for "aporte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "aporte" and "aposto".

  • Full dictionary entry for "aporte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aposto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aporte" and "aposto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aorta vs aporte". 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 #19,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list