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

#38,468
“accedan” frequency rank
#14,044
“accedió” frequency rank
52512
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accedan accedió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de acceder. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acceder.

Where the eye mixes accedan and accedió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. accedan (VCCVCVC) and accedió (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
accedan
7 ch
accedió

Look-alike desk: accedan vs accedió

A purely visual mix-up. accedan ([akˈseð̞ãn]) and accedió ([akseˈð̞jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52512, 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]. accedió is at rank #14,044, tagged as averb, pronounced [akseˈð̞jo].

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 52512, this pair ranks #92,337 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accedan vs accedió

Shared letters: acde. Private to "accedan": n. Private to "accedió": ió.

"accedan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "accedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accedan ← accdean · acceadn · accedann · acceddan · accedna · acecdan · acedan · acsedan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accedan" for "accedió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akˈseð̞ãn] versus [akseˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "accedan" or "accedió"?
"accedió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,044 in our Spanish list, against #38,468 for "accedan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accedan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accedió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #92,337 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accedan" and "accedió" 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 #92,337 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