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“acertada” and “acertados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,830
“acertada” frequency rank
#41,158
“acertados” frequency rank
54988
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acertada acertados
Definition Forma del femenino de acertado, participio de acertar. Forma del plural de acertado, participio de acertar.

Where the eye mixes acertada and acertados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acertada runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against acertados's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
acertada
9 ch
acertados

Visual trap between acertada and acertados

A purely visual mix-up. acertada ([aseɾˈt̪að̞a]) and acertados ([aseɾˈt̪að̞os]) 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 54988, 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]. acertados is at rank #41,158, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aseɾˈt̪að̞os].

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 54988, this pair ranks #80,889 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acertada vs acertados

Shared letters: acdert. Private to "acertada": -. Private to "acertados": os.

"acertada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "acertados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acertadaaccertada · aceratda · acerrtada · acertaad · acertadda · acertdaa · acerttada · acetrada
  • acertadosaccertados · aceratdos · acerrtados · acertaddos · acertadoss · acertadso · acertaods · acertdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acertada" and "acertados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aseɾˈt̪að̞a] versus [aseɾˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acertada" or "acertados"?
"acertada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,830 in our Spanish list, against #41,158 for "acertados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acertada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acertados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,889 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acertada" and "acertados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acertados vs aterrados". 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 #80,889 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