accedidovsagredidoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,503
“accedido” frequency rank
#25,120
“agredido” frequency rank
50623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accedido agredido
Definition Participio de acceder. Participio de agredir.

Where the eye mixes accedido and agredido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. accedido and agredido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
accedido
8 ch
agredido

Why the eye confuses accedido with agredido

A purely visual mix-up. accedido ([akseˈð̞ið̞o]) and agredido ([aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞ið̞o]) 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 50623, 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]. agredido is at rank #25,120, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞ið̞o].

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 50623, this pair ranks #102,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accedido vs agredido

Shared letters: adeio. Private to "accedido": c. Private to "agredido": gr.

"accedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "agredido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accedidoaccdeido · acceddido · acceddio · accediddo · accediod · acceiddo · acecdido · acedido
  • agredidoagerdido · aggredido · agrdeido · agreddido · agreddio · agrediddo · agrediod · agreiddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "accedido" and "agredido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akseˈð̞ið̞o] versus [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "accedido" or "agredido"?
"agredido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,120 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "accedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agredido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accedido" and "agredido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agredido vs agrediendo". 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 #102,199 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