Which to use
“acercaban” and “acercará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,901
- “acercaban” frequency rank
- #49,379
- “acercará” frequency rank
- 79280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acercaban | acercará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acercar o de acercarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de acercar o de acercarse. |
Where the eye mixes acercaban and acercará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acercaban runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVC) against acercará's 8 (VCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: acercaban vs acercará
A purely visual mix-up. acercaban ([aseɾˈkaβ̞ãn]) and acercará ([aseɾkaˈɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acercaban is recorded at frequency rank #29,901, classified as averb, pronounced [aseɾˈkaβ̞ãn]. acercará is at rank #49,379, tagged as averb, pronounced [aseɾkaˈɾa].
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 79280, this pair ranks #13,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acercaban vs acercará
Shared letters: acer. Private to "acercaban": bn. Private to "acercará": á.
"acercaban" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "acercará" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acercaban ← accercaban · acecraban · aceracban · acercaabn · acercabann · acercabban · acercabna · acercavan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acercaban" for "acercará" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "acercaban" and "acercará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acercaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acercará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acercaban" and "acercará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acercará vs acordará". 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 #13,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.