Which to use
“acompañan” and “acompañando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,091
- “acompañan” frequency rank
- #11,700
- “acompañando” frequency rank
- 21791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acompañan | acompañando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acompañar. | Gerundio de acompañar. |
Where the eye mixes acompañan and acompañando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. acompañan runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVC) against acompañando's 11 (VCVCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acompañan and acompañando
A purely visual mix-up. acompañan ([akõmˈpaɲãn]) and acompañando ([akõmpaˈɲãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “acompañan” sits inside “acompañando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acompañan is recorded at frequency rank #10,091, classified as averb, pronounced [akõmˈpaɲãn]. acompañando is at rank #11,700, tagged as averb, pronounced [akõmpaˈɲãn̪d̪o].
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 21791, this pair ranks #253,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acompañan vs acompañando
Shared letters: acmnopñ. Private to "acompañan": -. Private to "acompañando": d.
"acompañan" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "acompañando" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acompañan" for "acompañando" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acompañan" or "acompañando"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "acompañan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acompañando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acompañan" and "acompañando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acompañan vs acompañarán". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #253,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.