acompañanvsacompañasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#10,091
“acompañan” frequency rank
#34,858
“acompañas” frequency rank
44949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acompañan acompañas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acompañar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de acompañar.

Where the eye mixes acompañan and acompañas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. acompañan and acompañas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
acompañan
9 ch
acompañas

Visual trap between acompañan and acompañas

A purely visual mix-up. acompañan ([akõmˈpaɲãn]) and acompañas ([akõmˈpaɲas]) 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 “acompañan” becomes s in “acompañas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44949, 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]. 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 44949, this pair ranks #134,177 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acompañan vs acompañas

Shared letters: acmopñ. Private to "acompañan": n. Private to "acompañas": s.

"acompañan" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "acompañas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acompañan" and "acompañas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([akõmˈpaɲãn] versus [akõmˈpaɲas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acompañan" or "acompañas"?
"acompañan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,091 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

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 "acompañas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,177 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acompañan" and "acompañas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acompañamos vs acompañas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #134,177 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