Which to use
“acompañar” and “acompaño” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,094
- “acompañar” frequency rank
- #14,495
- “acompaño” frequency rank
- 21589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acompañar | acompaño |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hacer o dar compañía. Estar o ir junto a otro u otros. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de acompañar. |
Where the eye mixes acompañar and acompaño
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acompañar runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVC) against acompaño's 8 (VCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acompañar and acompaño
A purely visual mix-up. acompañar ([akõmpaˈɲaɾ]) and acompaño ([akõmˈpaɲo]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acompañar is recorded at frequency rank #7,094, classified as averb, pronounced [akõmpaˈɲaɾ]. acompaño is at rank #14,495, tagged as averb, pronounced [akõmˈpaɲo].
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 21589, this pair ranks #254,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acompañar vs acompaño
Shared letters: acmopñ. Private to "acompañar": r. Private to "acompaño": -.
"acompañar" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "acompaño" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acompañar" and "acompaño" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acompañar" or "acompaño" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acompañar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acompaño" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acompañar" and "acompaño" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acampando vs acompaño". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #254,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.