acosadavsacostadaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#38,472
“acosada” frequency rank
#32,469
“acostada” frequency rank
70941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acosada acostada
Definition Forma del femenino de acosado, participio de acosar. Forma del femenino de acostado, participio de acostar o de acostarse.

Where the eye mixes acosada and acostada

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

7 ch
acosada
8 ch
acostada

Look-alike desk: acosada vs acostada

A purely visual mix-up. acosada ([akoˈsað̞a]) and acostada ([akosˈt̪að̞a]) 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 70941, 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]. acostada is at rank #32,469, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akosˈt̪að̞a].

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 70941, this pair ranks #28,583 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acosada vs acostada

Shared letters: acdos. Private to "acosada": -. Private to "acostada": t.

"acosada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "acostada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acosadaaccosada · acoasda · acosaad · acosadda · acosdaa · acossada · acsoada · aocsada
  • acostadaaccostada · acosatda · acosstada · acostaad · acostadda · acostdaa · acosttada · acotsada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acosada" and "acostada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akoˈsað̞a] versus [akosˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acosada" vs "acostada" - which ranks higher?
"acostada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,469 in our Spanish list, against #38,472 for "acosada". 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 "acosada" and "acostada" 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 "acostada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,583 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acosada" and "acostada" 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 #28,583 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