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Which to use

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

#35,323
“acordados” frequency rank
#45,697
“acosados” frequency rank
81020
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acordados acosados
Definition Forma del plural de acordado, participio de acordar o de acordarse. Forma del plural de acosado, participio de acosar.

Where the eye mixes acordados and acosados

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

9 ch
acordados
8 ch
acosados

Why the eye confuses acordados with acosados

A purely visual mix-up. acordados ([akoɾˈð̞að̞os]) and acosados ([akoˈsað̞os]) 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 81020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acordados is recorded at frequency rank #35,323, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞að̞os]. acosados is at rank #45,697, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akoˈsað̞os].

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 81020, this pair ranks #10,914 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acordados vs acosados

Shared letters: acdos. Private to "acordados": r. Private to "acosados": -.

"acordados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "acosados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acordados ← accordados · acodrados · acoraddos · acordaddos · acordadoss · acordadso · acordaods · acorddados
  • acosados ← accosados · acoasdos · acosaddos · acosadoss · acosadso · acosaods · acosdaos · acossados

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acordados" and "acosados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([akoɾˈð̞að̞os] versus [akoˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acordados" vs "acosados" - which ranks higher?
"acordados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,323 in our Spanish list, against #45,697 for "acosados". 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 "acordados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acosados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,914 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acordados" and "acosados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusados vs acosados". 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 #10,914 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