Which to use
“abordan” and “acordás” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,917
- “abordan” frequency rank
- #36,899
- “acordás” frequency rank
- 59816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordan | acordás |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de abordar. | Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de acordar o de acordarse. |
Where the eye mixes abordan and acordás
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. abordan and acordás follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses abordan with acordás
A purely visual mix-up. abordan ([aˈβ̞oɾð̞ãn]) and acordás ([akoɾˈð̞as]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abordan is recorded at frequency rank #22,917, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈβ̞oɾð̞ãn]. acordás is at rank #36,899, tagged as averb, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞as].
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 59816, this pair ranks #61,248 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abordan vs acordás
Shared letters: ador. Private to "abordan": bn. Private to "acordás": csá.
"abordan" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "acordás" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abordan ← abbordan · abodran · aboradn · abordann · aborddan · abordna · aborrdan · abrodan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abordan" for "acordás" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "abordan" or "acordás" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "abordan" and "acordás" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abordan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acordás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,248 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordan" and "acordás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acordás vs acorta". 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 #61,248 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.