acompañadasvsacompañasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#16,494
“acompañadas” frequency rank
#34,858
“acompañas” frequency rank
51352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acompañadas acompañas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de acompañado, adjetivo y también participio de acompañar o de acompañarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de acompañar.

Where the eye mixes acompañadas and acompañas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. acompañadas runs 11 letters (VCVCCVCVCVC) against acompañas's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
acompañadas
9 ch
acompañas

Why the eye confuses acompañadas with acompañas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acompañadas is [akõmpaˈɲað̞as] while acompañas is [akõmˈpaɲas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 51352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acompañadas is recorded at frequency rank #16,494, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akõmpaˈɲað̞as]. acompañas is at rank #34,858, tagged as averb, pronounced [akõmˈpaɲas].

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 51352, this pair ranks #98,315 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acompañadas vs acompañas

Shared letters: acmopsñ. Private to "acompañadas": d. Private to "acompañas": -.

"acompañadas" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCVC  ·  "acompañas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acompañadas" and "acompañas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acompañadas" is a participle and "acompañas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acompañadas" or "acompañas" show up more?
"acompañadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,494 in our Spanish list, against #34,858 for "acompañas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acompañadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acompañas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,315 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acompañadas" and "acompañas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acompañamos vs acompañas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #98,315 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