aceptadosvsaceptemosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#16,246
“aceptados” frequency rank
#41,710
“aceptemos” frequency rank
57956
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aceptados aceptemos
Definition Forma del plural de aceptado, participio de aceptar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de aceptar.

Where the eye mixes aceptados and aceptemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aceptados and aceptemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
aceptados
9 ch
aceptemos

Visual trap between aceptados and aceptemos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aceptados is [asepˈt̪að̞os] while aceptemos is [asepˈt̪emos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aceptados is recorded at frequency rank #16,246, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [asepˈt̪að̞os]. aceptemos is at rank #41,710, tagged as averb, pronounced [asepˈt̪emos].

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 57956, this pair ranks #68,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aceptados vs aceptemos

Shared letters: aceopst. Private to "aceptados": d. Private to "aceptemos": m.

"aceptados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "aceptemos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aceptados ← acceptados · acepatdos · acepptados · aceptaddos · aceptadoss · aceptadso · aceptaods · aceptdaos
  • aceptemos ← acceptemos · acepetmos · acepptemos · aceptemmos · aceptemoss · aceptemso · acepteoms · aceptmeos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aceptados" for "aceptemos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aceptados" is a participle and "aceptemos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aceptados" or "aceptemos" show up more?
"aceptados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,246 in our Spanish list, against #41,710 for "aceptemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aceptados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aceptemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aceptados" and "aceptemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aceptados vs acertados". 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 #68,367 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