acordarvsacordaronTell them apart

Which to use

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

#6,744
“acordar” frequency rank
#12,958
“acordaron” frequency rank
19702
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acordar acordaron
Definition Adoptar en común una resolución varias personas, deliberando previamente acerca del asunto. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acordar o de acordarse.

Where the eye mixes acordar and acordaron

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

7 ch
acordar
9 ch
acordaron

Visual trap between acordar and acordaron

A purely visual mix-up. acordar ([akoɾˈð̞aɾ]) and acordaron ([akoɾˈð̞aɾõn]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “acordar” sits inside “acordaron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acordar is recorded at frequency rank #6,744, classified as averb, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞aɾ]. acordaron is at rank #12,958, tagged as averb, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞aɾõn].

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 19702, this pair ranks #262,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of acordar vs acordaron

Shared letters: acdor. Private to "acordar": -. Private to "acordaron": n.

"acordar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC  ·  "acordaron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acordaraccordar · acodrar · acoradr · acordarr · acorddar · acordra · acorrdar · acrodar
  • acordaronaccordaron · acodraron · acoradron · acordaorn · acordarno · acordaronn · acordarron · acorddaron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acordar" and "acordaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akoɾˈð̞aɾ] versus [akoɾˈð̞aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acordar" or "acordaron"?
"acordar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,744 in our Spanish list, against #12,958 for "acordaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acordar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acordaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acordar" and "acordaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acordar vs acorta". 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 #262,559 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