acertadasvsacordadasConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
acertadas
9 ch
acordadas

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

  • acertadas ← accertadas · aceratdas · acerrtadas · acertaads · acertadass · acertaddas · acertadsa · acertdaas
  • acordadas ← accordadas · acodradas · acoraddas · acordaads · acordadass · acordaddas · acordadsa · acorddaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acertadas" for "acordadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aseɾˈt̪að̞as] versus [akoɾˈð̞að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acertadas" or "acordadas" show up more?
"acertadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,729 in our Spanish list, against #44,524 for "acordadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list