acosadavsalojadaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#38,472
“acosada” frequency rank
#40,630
“alojada” frequency rank
79102
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acosada alojada
Definition Forma del femenino de acosado, participio de acosar. Forma del femenino de alojado, participio de alojar o de alojarse.

Where the eye mixes acosada and alojada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. acosada and alojada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
acosada
7 ch
alojada

Look-alike desk: acosada vs alojada

A purely visual mix-up. acosada ([akoˈsað̞a]) and alojada ([aloˈxað̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79102, 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]. alojada is at rank #40,630, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aloˈxað̞a].

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 79102, this pair ranks #13,475 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acosada vs alojada

Shared letters: ado. Private to "acosada": cs. Private to "alojada": jl.

"acosada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "alojada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acosadaaccosada · acoasda · acosaad · acosadda · acosdaa · acossada · acsoada · aocsada
  • alojadaaljoada · allojada · aloajda · alojaad · alojadda · alojdaa · alojjada · aoljada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acosada" and "alojada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akoˈsað̞a] versus [aloˈxað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acosada" or "alojada"?
"acosada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,472 in our Spanish list, against #40,630 for "alojada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "acosada" and "alojada" 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 "alojada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,475 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acosada" and "alojada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alojaba vs alojada". 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 #13,475 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