acompañar

[akõmpaˈɲaɾ]

/[akõmpaˈɲaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“acompañar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,094. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,094
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer o dar compañía. Estar o ir junto a otro u otros.

Corpus desk

Index ES-acompanar · acompañar · Spanish

acompañar · rank #7,094 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,094
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aliado

Nearest frequency peer: aliado (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “acompañar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “acompañar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

acompañar vs acompañe
78% similar
acompañar vs acompaño
78% similar
acompañar vs acompañen
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for acompañar
PropertyValue
Headwordacompañar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[akõmpaˈɲaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,094
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “acompañar”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.acompañarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “aliado” (#7,095), “Vázquez” (#7,092), “alivio” (#7,096). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “acompañar” va en #7,094. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around acompañar (IPA [akõmpaˈɲaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,094 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for acompañar, with forms such as "accompañar", "acmopañar", and "acomapñar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "acompañe", "acompaño", "acompañen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is acompañar, spelled A-C-O-M-P-A-Ñ-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer o dar compañía. Estar o ir junto a otro u otros.
  2. 2
    Añadir o juntar un elemento a algo; complementarlo.
  3. 3
    Referido a una cosa, ser o existir en asociación o simultaneidad con otra.
  4. 4
    Existir con alguien o ser parte de su estado, condición, carácter, personalidad, destino, etc.
  5. 5
    Tener empatía con los sentimientos de alguien, participar de lo que está experimentando o seguir sus progresos.
  6. 6
    Componer o ejecutar la armonía o el conjunto de sonidos que complementan una melodía principal (el acompañamiento).
  7. 7
    Adornar, complementar o poner accesorios a un elemento principal o central.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how acompañar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En su adolescencia, Mahoma acompañó a su tío por sus viajes a Siria y otros lugares.
  2. El uso del caballo permitió la expansión de las tierras cultivables y contribuyó al crecimiento de la producción de alimentos, a la vez que acompañó la agresiva expansión agrícola.

This word in other languages

accompany(English)accompagner(Français)begleiten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accompañar
  • acmopañar
  • acomapñar
  • acommpañar
  • acompaañr
  • acompañarr
  • acompañra
  • acomppañar
  • acompñaar
  • acopmañar
  • aocmpañar
  • caompañar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acompañar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

accompañar1acmopañar2acomapñar2acommpañar1acompaañr2acompañarr1acompañra2acomppañar1
Edit distance from "acompañar"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acompañar"?
"acompañar" is spelled A-C-O-M-P-A-Ñ-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [akõmpaˈɲaɾ].
What does "acompañar" mean?
As a verb, "acompañar" means: Hacer o dar compañía. Estar o ir junto a otro u otros.
What words are commonly confused with "acompañar"?
"acompañar" is commonly confused with "acompañe", "acompaño", "acompañen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acompañar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acompañar" is [akõmpaˈɲaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acompañar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acompañar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

tropical12 variantsChihuahua12 variantsreunirse12 variantscorrección12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list