acosadavsacusadasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#38,472
“acosada” frequency rank
#33,392
“acusadas” frequency rank
71864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acosada acusadas
Definition Forma del femenino de acosado, participio de acosar. Forma del femenino plural de acusado, participio de acusar.

Where the eye mixes acosada and acusadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
acosada
8 ch
acusadas

Visual trap between acosada and acusadas

A purely visual mix-up. acosada ([akoˈsað̞a]) and acusadas ([akuˈsað̞as]) 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 71864, 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]. acusadas is at rank #33,392, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akuˈsað̞as].

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 71864, this pair ranks #26,591 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acosada vs acusadas

Shared letters: acds. Private to "acosada": o. Private to "acusadas": u.

"acosada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "acusadas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acosadaaccosada · acoasda · acosaad · acosadda · acosdaa · acossada · acsoada · aocsada
  • acusadasaccusadas · acsuadas · acuasdas · acusaads · acusadass · acusaddas · acusadsa · acusdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acosada" and "acusadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([akoˈsað̞a] versus [akuˈsað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acosada" or "acusadas"?
"acusadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,392 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acosada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acusadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,591 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acosada" and "acusadas" 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 #26,591 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