aclamadavsaclamadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: aclamada is a participle, aclamado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aclamada” is a participle and “aclamado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,378
“aclamada” frequency rank
#25,505
“aclamado” frequency rank
61883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aclamada aclamado
Definition Forma del femenino de aclamado. Que goza de gran aceptación entre el público o la gente.

Where the eye mixes aclamada and aclamado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aclamada and aclamado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
aclamada
8 ch
aclamado

Visual trap between aclamada and aclamado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aclamada is [aklaˈmað̞a] while aclamado is [aklaˈmað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “aclamada” becomes o in “aclamado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aclamada is recorded at frequency rank #36,378, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aklaˈmað̞a]. aclamado is at rank #25,505, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aklaˈmað̞o].

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 61883, this pair ranks #53,941 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aclamada vs aclamado

Shared letters: acdlm. Private to "aclamada": -. Private to "aclamado": o.

"aclamada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "aclamado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aclamadaacalmada · acclamada · aclaamda · aclamaad · aclamadda · aclamdaa · aclammada · acllamada
  • aclamadoacalmado · acclamado · aclaamdo · aclamaddo · aclamaod · aclamdao · aclammado · acllamado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aclamada" and "aclamado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aclamada" is a participle and "aclamado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aclamada" or "aclamado"?
"aclamado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,505 in our Spanish list, against #36,378 for "aclamada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "aclamada" and "aclamado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aclamada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aclamado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,941 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aclamada" and "aclamado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acampada vs aclamada". 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 #53,941 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