Which to use
“acompañaban” is a verb and “acompañadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,212
- “acompañaban” frequency rank
- #16,494
- “acompañadas” frequency rank
- 44706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acompañaban | acompañadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acompañar. | Forma del femenino plural de acompañado, adjetivo y también participio de acompañar o de acompañarse. |
Where the eye mixes acompañaban and acompañadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. acompañaban and acompañadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: acompañaban vs acompañadas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acompañaban is [akõmpaˈɲaβ̞ãn] while acompañadas is [akõmpaˈɲað̞as]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acompañaban is recorded at frequency rank #28,212, classified as averb, pronounced [akõmpaˈɲaβ̞ãn]. acompañadas is at rank #16,494, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akõmpaˈɲað̞as].
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 44706, this pair ranks #135,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acompañaban vs acompañadas
Shared letters: acmopñ. Private to "acompañaban": bn. Private to "acompañadas": ds.
"acompañaban" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCVC · "acompañadas" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acompañaban" and "acompañadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "acompañaban" vs "acompañadas" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acompañaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acompañadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acompañaban" and "acompañadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acompañaban vs acompañarán". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #135,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.