acordévsacudeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#16,248
“acordé” frequency rank
#12,514
“acude” frequency rank
28762
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acordé acude
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acordar o de acordarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acudir.

Where the eye mixes acordé and acude

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
acordé
5 ch
acude

Visual trap between acordé and acude

A purely visual mix-up. acordé ([akoɾˈð̞e]) and acude ([aˈkuð̞e]) 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 28762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acordé is recorded at frequency rank #16,248, classified as averb, pronounced [akoɾˈð̞e]. acude is at rank #12,514, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈkuð̞e].

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 28762, this pair ranks #220,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acordé vs acude

Shared letters: acd. Private to "acordé": oré. Private to "acude": eu.

"acordé" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "acude" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acudeaccude · acdue · acudde · acued · aucde · caude

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acordé" for "acude" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akoɾˈð̞e] versus [aˈkuð̞e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acordé" or "acude"?
"acude" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,514 in our Spanish list, against #16,248 for "acordé". 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 "acordé" and "acude" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acordé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acordé" and "acude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acordé 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 #220,384 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