accesovsaccessTell them apart

Which to use

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

#780
“acceso” frequency rank
#19,294
“access” frequency rank
20074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acceso access
Definition Acción de llegar, entrar o acercarse.. Acceso.

Where the eye mixes acceso and access

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
acceso
6 ch
access

Visual trap between acceso and access

A purely visual mix-up. acceso ([akˈseso]) and access (/ˈæksɛs/) 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 a single letter - o in “acceso” becomes s in “access”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acceso is recorded at frequency rank #780, classified as anoun, pronounced [akˈseso]. access is at rank #19,294, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈæksɛs/.

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 20074, this pair ranks #260,915 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of acceso vs access

Shared letters: aces. Private to "acceso": o. Private to "access": -.

"acceso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "access" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accesoacceos · accesso · accseo · acecso · aceso · acseso · caceso
  • accessacces · accses · acecss · acess · acsess · cacess

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acceso" and "access" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akˈseso] versus /ˈæksɛs/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acceso" or "access"?
"acceso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #780 in our Spanish list, against #19,294 for "access". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acceso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "access" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,915 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acceso" and "access" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acceda vs access". 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 #260,915 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