Which to use
“acertada” and “acertadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,830
- “acertada” frequency rank
- #30,729
- “acertadas” frequency rank
- 44559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acertada | acertadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de acertado, participio de acertar. | Forma del femenino plural de acertado, participio de acertar. |
Where the eye mixes acertada and acertadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. acertada runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against acertadas's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses acertada with acertadas
A purely visual mix-up. acertada ([aseɾˈt̪að̞a]) and acertadas ([aseɾˈt̪að̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “acertada” sits inside “acertadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acertada is recorded at frequency rank #13,830, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aseɾˈt̪að̞a]. acertadas is at rank #30,729, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aseɾˈt̪að̞as].
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 44559, this pair ranks #136,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acertada vs acertadas
Shared letters: acdert. Private to "acertada": -. Private to "acertadas": s.
"acertada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "acertadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acertada" for "acertadas" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acertada" or "acertadas"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "acertada" and "acertadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acertada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acertadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acertada" and "acertadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acertadas vs aportadas". 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 #136,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.