acerasvsaéreasTell them apart

Quick tell: aceras is a verb, aéreas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aceras” is a verb and “aéreas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,920
“aceras” frequency rank
#10,980
“aéreas” frequency rank
33900
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aceras aéreas
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de acerar. Forma del femenino plural de aéreo.

Where the eye mixes aceras and aéreas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
aceras
6 ch
aéreas

Why the eye confuses aceras with aéreas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aceras is [aˈseɾas] while aéreas is [aˈeɾeas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aceras is recorded at frequency rank #22,920, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈseɾas]. aéreas is at rank #10,980, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈeɾeas].

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 33900, this pair ranks #194,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aceras vs aéreas

Shared letters: aers. Private to "aceras": c. Private to "aéreas": é.

"aceras" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "aéreas" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acerasacceras · acears · acerass · acerras · acersa · acreas · aecras · aseras

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aceras" and "aéreas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aceras" is a verb and "aéreas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aceras" or "aéreas" show up more?
"aéreas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,980 in our Spanish list, against #22,920 for "aceras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aceras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aéreas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aceras" and "aéreas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aceras 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 #194,284 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