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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- 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.