Which to use
“acosada” is a participle and “acosado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,472
- “acosada” frequency rank
- #26,684
- “acosado” frequency rank
- 65156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acosada | acosado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de acosado, participio de acosar. | Participio de acosar. |
Where the eye mixes acosada and acosado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acosada and acosado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: acosada vs acosado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acosada is [akoˈsað̞a] while acosado is [akoˈsað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “acosada” becomes o in “acosado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acosada is recorded at frequency rank #38,472, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akoˈsað̞a]. 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 65156, this pair ranks #43,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acosada vs acosado
Shared letters: acdos. Private to "acosada": -. Private to "acosado": -.
"acosada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "acosado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acosada" and "acosado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acosada" or "acosado"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "acosada" and "acosado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acosada" 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 #43,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acosada" and "acosado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acosada vs alocada". 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 #43,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.