acogidosvsacosadosTell them apart

Quick tell: acogidos is a noun, acosados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acogidos” is a noun and “acosados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,159
“acogidos” frequency rank
#45,697
“acosados” frequency rank
86856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acogidos acosados
Definition Forma del plural de acogido. Forma del plural de acosado, participio de acosar.

Where the eye mixes acogidos and acosados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acogidos and acosados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
acogidos
8 ch
acosados

Look-alike desk: acogidos vs acosados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acogidos is [akoˈxið̞os] while acosados is [akoˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acogidos is recorded at frequency rank #41,159, classified as anoun, pronounced [akoˈxið̞os]. acosados is at rank #45,697, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akoˈsað̞os].

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 86856, this pair ranks #4,959 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acogidos vs acosados

Shared letters: acdos. Private to "acogidos": gi. Private to "acosados": -.

"acogidos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "acosados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acogidosaccogidos · acgoidos · acogdios · acoggidos · acogiddos · acogidoss · acogidso · acogiods
  • acosadosaccosados · acoasdos · acosaddos · acosadoss · acosadso · acosaods · acosdaos · acossados

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acogidos" for "acosados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acogidos" is a noun and "acosados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "acogidos" or "acosados"?
"acogidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,159 in our Spanish list, against #45,697 for "acosados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acogidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acosados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,959 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acogidos" and "acosados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusados vs acosados". 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 #4,959 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