acordarávsacortarTell them apart

Which to use

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

#40,616
“acordará” frequency rank
#26,683
“acortar” frequency rank
67299
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acordará acortar
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de acordar o de acordarse. Hacer más corto. Disminuir en longitud, extensión, duración, tiempo o cantidad.

Where the eye mixes acordará and acortar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acordará runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against acortar's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
acordará
7 ch
acortar

Look-alike desk: acordará vs acortar

A purely visual mix-up. acordará ([akoɾð̞aˈɾa]) and acortar ([akoɾˈt̪aɾ]) 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 67299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acordará is recorded at frequency rank #40,616, classified as averb, pronounced [akoɾð̞aˈɾa]. acortar is at rank #26,683, tagged as averb, pronounced [akoɾˈt̪aɾ].

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 67299, this pair ranks #37,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acordará vs acortar

Shared letters: acor. Private to "acordará": dá. Private to "acortar": t.

"acordará" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "acortar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acortar ← accortar · acoratr · acorrtar · acortarr · acortra · acorttar · acotrar · acrotar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acordará" and "acortar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([akoɾð̞aˈɾa] versus [akoɾˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acordará" or "acortar" show up more?
"acortar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,683 in our Spanish list, against #40,616 for "acordará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "acordará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acortar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acordará" and "acortar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acercará vs acordará". 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 #37,495 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