acompañevsacompañenConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#12,291
“acompañe” frequency rank
#29,903
“acompañen” frequency rank
42194
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acompañe acompañen
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de acompañar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de acompañar.

Where the eye mixes acompañe and acompañen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. acompañe runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against acompañen's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
acompañe
9 ch
acompañen

Visual trap between acompañe and acompañen

A purely visual mix-up. acompañe ([akõmˈpaɲe]) and acompañen ([akõmˈpaɲẽn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “acompañe” sits inside “acompañen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acompañe is recorded at frequency rank #12,291, classified as averb, pronounced [akõmˈpaɲe]. acompañen is at rank #29,903, tagged as averb, pronounced [akõmˈpaɲẽn].

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 42194, this pair ranks #149,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acompañe vs acompañen

Shared letters: acemopñ. Private to "acompañe": -. Private to "acompañen": n.

"acompañe" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "acompañen" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acompañe" and "acompañen" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([akõmˈpaɲe] versus [akõmˈpaɲẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acompañe" or "acompañen" show up more?
"acompañe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,291 in our Spanish list, against #29,903 for "acompañen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acompañe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acompañen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acompañe" and "acompañen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acompañas vs acompañen". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #149,601 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