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“acomodan” and “acomodar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,340
“acomodan” frequency rank
#17,325
“acomodar” frequency rank
60665
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acomodan acomodar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo 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 acomodan and acomodar

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

8 ch
acomodan
8 ch
acomodar

Why the eye confuses acomodan with acomodar

A purely visual mix-up. acomodan ([akoˈmoð̞ãn]) and acomodar ([akomoˈð̞aɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “acomodan” becomes r in “acomodar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acomodan is recorded at frequency rank #43,340, classified as averb, pronounced [akoˈmoð̞ãn]. 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 60665, this pair ranks #58,167 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acomodan vs acomodar

Shared letters: acdmo. Private to "acomodan": n. Private to "acomodar": r.

"acomodan" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "acomodar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acomodanaccomodan · acmoodan · acomdoan · acommodan · acomoadn · acomodann · acomoddan · acomodna
  • acomodaraccomodar · acmoodar · acomdoar · acommodar · acomoadr · acomodarr · acomoddar · acomodra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acomodan" and "acomodar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akoˈmoð̞ãn] versus [akomoˈð̞aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acomodan" vs "acomodar" - which ranks higher?
"acomodar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,325 in our Spanish list, against #43,340 for "acomodan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acomodan" 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 #58,167 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acomodan" and "acomodar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acomodan vs acomodando". 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 #58,167 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