acampadavsaclamadaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: acampada is a noun, aclamada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acampada” is a noun and “aclamada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,413
“acampada” frequency rank
#36,378
“aclamada” frequency rank
70791
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acampada aclamada
Definition Acción o efecto de acampar. Forma del femenino de aclamado.

Where the eye mixes acampada and aclamada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acampada (VCVCCVCV) and aclamada (VCCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
acampada
8 ch
aclamada

Look-alike desk: acampada vs aclamada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acampada is [akãmˈpað̞a] while aclamada is [aklaˈmað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acampada is recorded at frequency rank #34,413, classified as anoun, pronounced [akãmˈpað̞a]. aclamada is at rank #36,378, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aklaˈmað̞a].

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 70791, this pair ranks #28,922 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acampada vs aclamada

Shared letters: acdm. Private to "acampada": p. Private to "aclamada": l.

"acampada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "aclamada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acampada ← aacmpada · acamapda · acammpada · acampaad · acampadda · acampdaa · acamppada · acapmada
  • aclamada ← acalmada · acclamada · aclaamda · aclamaad · aclamadda · aclamdaa · aclammada · acllamada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acampada" for "aclamada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acampada" is a noun and "aclamada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "acampada" vs "aclamada" - which ranks higher?
"acampada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,413 in our Spanish list, against #36,378 for "aclamada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acampada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aclamada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,922 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acampada" and "aclamada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acampada vs acampando". 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 #28,922 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