Which to use
“acceso” is a noun and “acres” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #780
- “acceso” frequency rank
- #21,546
- “acres” frequency rank
- 22326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acceso | acres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción de llegar, entrar o acercarse.. | Forma del plural de acre. |
Where the eye mixes acceso and acres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. acceso runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against acres's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: acceso vs acres
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acceso is [akˈseso] while acres is [ˈakɾes]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acceso is recorded at frequency rank #780, classified as anoun, pronounced [akˈseso]. acres is at rank #21,546, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈakɾes].
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 22326, this pair ranks #250,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acceso vs acres
Shared letters: aces. Private to "acceso": o. Private to "acres": r.
"acceso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "acres" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acceso" for "acres" ever safe?
Frequency check: "acceso" vs "acres" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "acceso" and "acres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acceso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acceso" and "acres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acres vs Arras". 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 #250,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.