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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acordar" and "acordaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acordar" or "acordaron"?
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.