Which to use
“acertadas” and “acordadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,729
- “acertadas” frequency rank
- #44,524
- “acordadas” frequency rank
- 75253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acertadas | acordadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de acertado, participio de acertar. | Forma del femenino plural de acordado, participio de acordar o de acordarse. |
Where the eye mixes acertadas and acordadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acertadas and acordadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between acertadas and acordadas
A purely visual mix-up. acertadas ([aseɾˈt̪að̞as]) and acordadas ([akoɾˈð̞að̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acertadas is recorded at frequency rank #30,729, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aseɾˈt̪að̞as]. acordadas is at rank #44,524, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞að̞as].
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 75253, this pair ranks #19,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acertadas vs acordadas
Shared letters: acdrs. Private to "acertadas": et. Private to "acordadas": o.
"acertadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "acordadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acertadas" for "acordadas" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acertadas" or "acordadas" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "acertadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acordadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acertadas" and "acordadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acordadas 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 #19,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.