acabadovsaclamadoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#4,134
“acabado” frequency rank
#25,505
“aclamado” frequency rank
29639
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acabado aclamado
Definition Se dice de algo que se encuentra destruido o que ha caducado su vida útil. Que goza de gran aceptación entre el público o la gente.

Where the eye mixes acabado and aclamado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acabado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against aclamado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
acabado
8 ch
aclamado

Look-alike desk: acabado vs aclamado

A purely visual mix-up. acabado ([akaˈβ̞að̞o]) and aclamado ([aklaˈmað̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acabado is recorded at frequency rank #4,134, classified as anadj, pronounced [akaˈβ̞að̞o]. aclamado is at rank #25,505, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aklaˈmað̞o].

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 29639, this pair ranks #215,970 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acabado vs aclamado

Shared letters: acdo. Private to "acabado": b. Private to "aclamado": lm.

"acabado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "aclamado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acabado ← aacbado · acaabdo · acabaddo · acabaod · acabbado · acabdao · acavado · acbaado
  • aclamado ← acalmado · acclamado · aclaamdo · aclamaddo · aclamaod · aclamdao · aclammado · acllamado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acabado" for "aclamado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akaˈβ̞að̞o] versus [aklaˈmað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acabado" vs "aclamado" - which ranks higher?
"acabado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,134 in our Spanish list, against #25,505 for "aclamado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "acabado" and "aclamado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acabado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aclamado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,970 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acabado" and "aclamado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aclamado vs alarmado". 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 #215,970 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