acordarsevsacordásWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,287
“acordarse” frequency rank
#36,899
“acordás” frequency rank
60186
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acordarse acordás
Definition Traer a la memoria de uno alguna cosa; recordar. Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de acordar o de acordarse.

Where the eye mixes acordarse and acordás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acordarse runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCCV) against acordás's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
acordarse
7 ch
acordás

Why the eye confuses acordarse with acordás

A purely visual mix-up. acordarse ([akoɾˈð̞aɾse]) and acordás ([akoɾˈð̞as]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acordarse is recorded at frequency rank #23,287, classified as averb, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞aɾse]. acordás is at rank #36,899, tagged as averb, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞as].

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 60186, this pair ranks #59,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acordarse vs acordás

Shared letters: acdors. Private to "acordarse": e. Private to "acordás": á.

"acordarse" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV  ·  "acordás" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acordarse ← accordarse · acodrarse · acoradrse · acordarce · acordares · acordarrse · acordarsse · acordasre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acordarse" and "acordás" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akoɾˈð̞aɾse] versus [akoɾˈð̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acordarse" vs "acordás" - which ranks higher?
"acordarse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,287 in our Spanish list, against #36,899 for "acordás". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "acordarse" and "acordás" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acordarse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acordás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acordarse" and "acordás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acordás 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 #59,850 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