aceptavsaceptadaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: acepta is a verb, aceptada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acepta” is a verb and “aceptada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,604
“acepta” frequency rank
#9,564
“aceptada” frequency rank
13168
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acepta aceptada
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de aceptar. Forma del femenino de aceptado, participio de aceptar.

Where the eye mixes acepta and aceptada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
acepta
8 ch
aceptada

Visual trap between acepta and aceptada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acepta is [aˈsept̪a] while aceptada is [asepˈt̪að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “acepta” sits inside “aceptada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acepta is recorded at frequency rank #3,604, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈsept̪a]. aceptada is at rank #9,564, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [asepˈt̪að̞a].

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 13168, this pair ranks #288,866 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of acepta vs aceptada

Shared letters: acept. Private to "acepta": -. Private to "aceptada": d.

"acepta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "aceptada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aceptaaccepta · acepat · aceppta · aceptta · acetpa · acpeta · aecpta · asepta
  • aceptadaacceptada · acepatda · acepptada · aceptaad · aceptadda · aceptdaa · acepttada · acetpada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acepta" and "aceptada" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acepta" is a verb and "aceptada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acepta" or "aceptada" show up more?
"acepta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,604 in our Spanish list, against #9,564 for "aceptada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "acepta" and "aceptada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acepta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aceptada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #288,866 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acepta" and "aceptada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acentuada vs aceptada". 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 #288,866 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