Which to use
“acompañan” is a verb and “acompañante” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,091
- “acompañan” frequency rank
- #12,743
- “acompañante” frequency rank
- 22834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acompañan | acompañante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acompañar. | Que acompaña (en sus diversas acepciones). |
Where the eye mixes acompañan and acompañante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. acompañan runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVC) against acompañante's 11 (VCVCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acompañan and acompañante
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acompañan is [akõmˈpaɲãn] while acompañante is [akõmpaˈɲãn̪t̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “acompañan” sits inside “acompañante”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22834, 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]. acompañante is at rank #12,743, tagged as anadj, pronounced [akõmpaˈɲãn̪t̪e].
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 22834, this pair ranks #248,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acompañan vs acompañante
Shared letters: acmnopñ. Private to "acompañan": -. Private to "acompañante": et.
"acompañan" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "acompañante" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acompañan" and "acompañante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "acompañan" vs "acompañante" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acompañan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acompañante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acompañan" and "acompañante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acompañan vs acompañarán". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #248,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.