acomodadavsacomodarTell them apart

Quick tell: acomodada is a participle, acomodar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acomodada” is a participle and “acomodar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,359
“acomodada” frequency rank
#17,325
“acomodar” frequency rank
41684
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acomodada acomodar
Definition Forma del femenino de acomodado, participio de acomodar o de acomodarse. Posicionar, colocar o poner un objeto en el lugar o de la forma correcta según ciertas expectativas o circunstancias.

Where the eye mixes acomodada and acomodar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acomodada runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against acomodar's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
acomodada
8 ch
acomodar

Visual trap between acomodada and acomodar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acomodada is [akomoˈð̞að̞a] while acomodar is [akomoˈð̞aɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acomodada is recorded at frequency rank #24,359, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akomoˈð̞að̞a]. acomodar is at rank #17,325, tagged as averb, pronounced [akomoˈð̞aɾ].

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 41684, this pair ranks #152,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acomodada vs acomodar

Shared letters: acdmo. Private to "acomodada": -. Private to "acomodar": r.

"acomodada" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "acomodar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acomodadaaccomodada · acmoodada · acomdoada · acommodada · acomoadda · acomodaad · acomodadda · acomoddaa
  • acomodaraccomodar · acmoodar · acomdoar · acommodar · acomoadr · acomodarr · acomoddar · acomodra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acomodada" for "acomodar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acomodada" is a participle and "acomodar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "acomodada" or "acomodar"?
"acomodar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,325 in our Spanish list, against #24,359 for "acomodada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acomodada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acomodar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acomodada" and "acomodar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acomodada vs acomodadas". 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 #152,294 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