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

#37,923
“abordados” frequency rank
#35,323
“acordados” frequency rank
73246
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abordados acordados
Definition Forma del plural de abordado, participio de abordar. Forma del plural de acordado, participio de acordar o de acordarse.

Where the eye mixes abordados and acordados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. abordados and acordados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
abordados
9 ch
acordados

Why the eye confuses abordados with acordados

A purely visual mix-up. abordados ([aβ̞oɾˈð̞að̞os]) and acordados ([akoɾˈð̞að̞os]) 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 a single letter - b in “abordados” becomes c in “acordados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abordados is recorded at frequency rank #37,923, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aβ̞oɾˈð̞að̞os]. acordados is at rank #35,323, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞að̞os].

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 73246, this pair ranks #23,698 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of abordados vs acordados

Shared letters: adors. Private to "abordados": b. Private to "acordados": c.

"abordados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "acordados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abordadosabbordados · abodrados · aboraddos · abordaddos · abordadoss · abordadso · abordaods · aborddados
  • acordadosaccordados · acodrados · acoraddos · acordaddos · acordadoss · acordadso · acordaods · acorddados

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "abordados" and "acordados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞oɾˈð̞að̞os] versus [akoɾˈð̞að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "abordados" or "acordados"?
"acordados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,323 in our Spanish list, against #37,923 for "abordados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abordados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acordados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,698 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abordados" and "acordados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordados vs abortado". 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 #23,698 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