Which to use
“acabados” is a participle and “acabemos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,427
- “acabados” frequency rank
- #34,412
- “acabemos” frequency rank
- 52839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acabados | acabemos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de acabado, participio de acabar. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de acabar. |
Where the eye mixes acabados and acabemos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acabados and acabemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: acabados vs acabemos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acabados is [akaˈβ̞að̞os] while acabemos is [akaˈβ̞emos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acabados is recorded at frequency rank #18,427, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akaˈβ̞að̞os]. acabemos is at rank #34,412, tagged as averb, pronounced [akaˈβ̞emos].
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 52839, this pair ranks #90,753 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acabados vs acabemos
Shared letters: abcos. Private to "acabados": d. Private to "acabemos": em.
"acabados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "acabemos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "acabados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acabemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,753 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acabados" and "acabemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acabaremos vs acabemos". 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 #90,753 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.