Which to use
“acosa” and “acosado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,908
- “acosa” frequency rank
- #26,684
- “acosado” frequency rank
- 60592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acosa | acosado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acosar. | Participio de acosar. |
Where the eye mixes acosa and acosado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. acosa runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against acosado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acosa and acosado
A purely visual mix-up. acosa ([aˈkosa]) and acosado ([akoˈsað̞o]) 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) - “acosa” sits inside “acosado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acosa is recorded at frequency rank #33,908, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkosa]. acosado is at rank #26,684, tagged as averb, pronounced [akoˈsað̞o].
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 60592, this pair ranks #58,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acosa vs acosado
Shared letters: acos. Private to "acosa": -. Private to "acosado": d.
"acosa" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "acosado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "acosa" and "acosado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acosa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acosado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acosa" and "acosado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acosa vs acuosa". 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 #58,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.