acordadavsacordáisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: acordada is a participle, acordáis is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acordada” is a participle and “acordáis” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,457
“acordada” frequency rank
#46,902
“acordáis” frequency rank
76359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acordada acordáis
Definition Forma del femenino de acordado, participio de acordar o de acordarse. Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de acordar o de acordarse.

Where the eye mixes acordada and acordáis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
acordada
8 ch
acordáis

Why the eye confuses acordada with acordáis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acordada is [akoɾˈð̞að̞a] while acordáis is [akoɾˈð̞ajs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76359, 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]. acordáis is at rank #46,902, tagged as averb, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞ajs].

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 76359, this pair ranks #17,887 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acordada vs acordáis

Shared letters: acdor. Private to "acordada": -. Private to "acordáis": isá.

"acordada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "acordáis" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acordadaaccordada · acodrada · acoradda · acordaad · acordadda · acorddaa · acorddada · acorrdada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acordada" and "acordáis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acordada" is a participle and "acordáis" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acordada" or "acordáis" show up more?
"acordada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,457 in our Spanish list, against #46,902 for "acordáis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "acordáis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,887 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acordada" and "acordáis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acordadas 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 #17,887 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