Which to use
“accedan” and “acceden” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,468
- “accedan” frequency rank
- #24,003
- “acceden” frequency rank
- 62471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accedan | acceden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de acceder. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acceder. |
Where the eye mixes accedan and acceden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. accedan and acceden follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: accedan vs acceden
A purely visual mix-up. accedan ([akˈseð̞ãn]) and acceden ([akˈseð̞ẽn]) 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 “accedan” becomes e in “acceden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accedan is recorded at frequency rank #38,468, classified as averb, pronounced [akˈseð̞ãn]. acceden is at rank #24,003, tagged as averb, pronounced [akˈseð̞ẽn].
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 62471, this pair ranks #51,922 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of accedan vs acceden
Shared letters: acden. Private to "accedan": -. Private to "acceden": -.
"accedan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "acceden" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accedan" for "acceden" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accedan" vs "acceden" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "accedan" and "acceden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accedan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acceden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,922 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accedan" and "acceden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accedan vs acudan". 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 #51,922 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.