acordadavsacordadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#29,457
“acordada” frequency rank
#35,323
“acordados” frequency rank
64780
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acordada acordados
Definition Forma del femenino de acordado, participio de acordar o de acordarse. Forma del plural de acordado, participio de acordar o de acordarse.

Where the eye mixes acordada and acordados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acordada runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against acordados's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
acordada
9 ch
acordados

Why the eye confuses acordada with acordados

A purely visual mix-up. acordada ([akoɾˈð̞að̞a]) and acordados ([akoɾˈð̞að̞os]) 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 64780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acordada is recorded at frequency rank #29,457, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞að̞a]. acordados is at rank #35,323, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞að̞os].

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 64780, this pair ranks #44,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acordada vs acordados

Shared letters: acdor. Private to "acordada": -. Private to "acordados": s.

"acordada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "acordados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acordadaaccordada · acodrada · acoradda · acordaad · acordadda · acorddaa · acorddada · acorrdada
  • acordadosaccordados · acodrados · acoraddos · acordaddos · acordadoss · acordadso · acordaods · acorddados

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acordada" for "acordados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akoɾˈð̞að̞a] versus [akoɾˈð̞að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acordada" vs "acordados" - which ranks higher?
"acordada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,457 in our Spanish list, against #35,323 for "acordados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acordada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acordados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acordada" and "acordados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acordados vs acordáis". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #44,597 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