acosadorvsacosadoresConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#25,110
“acosador” frequency rank
#41,713
“acosadores” frequency rank
66823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acosador acosadores
Definition Que acosa. Forma del plural de acosador.

Where the eye mixes acosador and acosadores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. acosador runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against acosadores's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
acosador
10 ch
acosadores

Visual trap between acosador and acosadores

A purely visual mix-up. acosador ([akosaˈð̞oɾ]) and acosadores ([akosaˈð̞oɾes]) 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) - “acosador” sits inside “acosadores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acosador is recorded at frequency rank #25,110, classified as anadj, pronounced [akosaˈð̞oɾ]. acosadores is at rank #41,713, tagged as anadj, pronounced [akosaˈð̞oɾes].

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 66823, this pair ranks #38,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acosador vs acosadores

Shared letters: acdors. Private to "acosador": -. Private to "acosadores": e.

"acosador" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "acosadores" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acosadoraccosador · acoasdor · acosaddor · acosadorr · acosadro · acosaodr · acosdaor · acossador
  • acosadoresaccosadores · acoasdores · acosaddores · acosadoers · acosadoress · acosadorres · acosadorse · acosadroes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acosador" for "acosadores" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akosaˈð̞oɾ] versus [akosaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acosador" or "acosadores" show up more?
"acosador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,110 in our Spanish list, against #41,713 for "acosadores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acosador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acosadores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acosador" and "acosadores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acosadores vs acosados". 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 #38,773 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