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“acaba” and “acabase” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,232
- “acaba” frequency rank
- #49,376
- “acabase” frequency rank
- 50608
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acaba | acabase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acabar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de acabar. |
Where the eye mixes acaba and acabase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between acaba and acabase
A purely visual mix-up. acaba ([aˈkaβ̞a]) and acabase ([akaˈβ̞ase]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “acaba” sits inside “acabase”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acaba is recorded at frequency rank #1,232, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkaβ̞a]. acabase is at rank #49,376, tagged as averb, pronounced [akaˈβ̞ase].
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 50608, this pair ranks #102,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acaba vs acabase
Shared letters: abc. Private to "acaba": -. Private to "acabase": es.
"acaba" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "acabase" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acaba" and "acabase" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acaba" or "acabase" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "acaba" and "acabase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acabase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #102,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acaba" and "acabase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acabase vs amabas". 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 #102,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.