accedióvsaccesoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: accedió is a verb, acceso is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“accedió” is a verb and “acceso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,044
“accedió” frequency rank
#780
“acceso” frequency rank
14824
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accedió acceso
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acceder. Acción de llegar, entrar o acercarse..

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set accedió and acceso apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
accedió
6 ch
acceso

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accedió is [akseˈð̞jo] while acceso is [akˈseso]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accedió is recorded at frequency rank #14,044, classified as averb, pronounced [akseˈð̞jo]. acceso is at rank #780, tagged as anoun, pronounced [akˈseso].

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 14824, this pair ranks #282,586 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of accedió vs acceso

Shared letters: ace. Private to "accedió": dió. Private to "acceso": os.

"accedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "acceso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accesoacceos · accesso · accseo · acecso · aceso · acseso · caceso

Frequency comparison

accedió#14,044
acceso#780

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accedió" and "acceso" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "accedió" is a verb and "acceso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "accedió" or "acceso"?
"acceso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #780 in our Spanish list, against #14,044 for "accedió". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering accedió vs acceso

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “accedió”; for a noun, it's “acceso”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “accedió” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list