accedanvsacuerdanConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#38,468
“accedan” frequency rank
#11,896
“acuerdan” frequency rank
50364
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accedan acuerdan
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 acordar o de acordarse.

Where the eye mixes accedan and acuerdan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. accedan runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against acuerdan's 8 (VCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
accedan
8 ch
acuerdan

Look-alike desk: accedan vs acuerdan

A purely visual mix-up. accedan ([akˈseð̞ãn]) and acuerdan ([aˈkweɾð̞ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50364, 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]. acuerdan is at rank #11,896, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈkweɾð̞ãn].

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 50364, this pair ranks #103,610 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accedan vs acuerdan

Shared letters: acden. Private to "accedan": -. Private to "acuerdan": ru.

"accedan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "acuerdan" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accedanaccdean · acceadn · accedann · acceddan · accedna · acecdan · acedan · acsedan
  • acuerdanaccuerdan · aceurdan · acuedran · acueradn · acuerdann · acuerddan · acuerdna · acuerrdan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accedan" for "acuerdan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akˈseð̞ãn] versus [aˈkweɾð̞ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "accedan" or "acuerdan"?
"acuerdan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,896 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "accedan" and "acuerdan" 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 "acuerdan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,610 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accedan" and "acuerdan" 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 #103,610 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