Which to use
“acabamos” and “acabemos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,208
- “acabamos” frequency rank
- #34,412
- “acabemos” frequency rank
- 42620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acabamos | acabemos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de acabar. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de acabar. |
Where the eye mixes acabamos and acabemos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acabamos and acabemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses acabamos with acabemos
A purely visual mix-up. acabamos ([akaˈβ̞amos]) and acabemos ([akaˈβ̞emos]) 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 - a in “acabamos” becomes e in “acabemos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acabamos is recorded at frequency rank #8,208, classified as averb, pronounced [akaˈβ̞amos]. 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 42620, this pair ranks #147,194 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acabamos vs acabemos
Shared letters: abcmos. Private to "acabamos": -. Private to "acabemos": e.
"acabamos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "acabemos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acabamos" for "acabemos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "acabamos" vs "acabemos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "acabamos" and "acabemos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acabamos" 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 #147,194 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acabamos" 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 #147,194 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.