accedidovsaccedióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#25,503
“accedido” frequency rank
#14,044
“accedió” frequency rank
39547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accedido accedió
Definition Participio 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 accedido and accedió

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

8 ch
accedido
7 ch
accedió

Look-alike desk: accedido vs accedió

A purely visual mix-up. accedido ([akseˈð̞ið̞o]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accedido is recorded at frequency rank #25,503, classified as averb, pronounced [akseˈð̞ið̞o]. 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 39547, this pair ranks #163,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accedido vs accedió

Shared letters: acdei. Private to "accedido": o. Private to "accedió": ó.

"accedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "accedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accedido ← accdeido · acceddido · acceddio · accediddo · accediod · acceiddo · acecdido · acedido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accedido" for "accedió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akseˈð̞ið̞o] versus [akseˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "accedido" vs "accedió" - which ranks higher?
"accedió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,044 in our Spanish list, against #25,503 for "accedido". 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 "accedido" 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 #163,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accedido" and "accedió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acaecido vs accedido". 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 #163,890 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