Which to use
“acosados” is a participle and “ahogados” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,697
- “acosados” frequency rank
- #34,870
- “ahogados” frequency rank
- 80567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acosados | ahogados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de acosado, participio de acosar. | Forma del plural de ahogado¹. |
Where the eye mixes acosados and ahogados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acosados and ahogados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between acosados and ahogados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acosados is [akoˈsað̞os] while ahogados is [aoˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acosados is recorded at frequency rank #45,697, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akoˈsað̞os]. ahogados is at rank #34,870, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aoˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 80567, this pair ranks #11,478 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acosados vs ahogados
Shared letters: ados. Private to "acosados": c. Private to "ahogados": gh.
"acosados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "ahogados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "acosados" and "ahogados" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "acosados" or "ahogados" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "acosados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ahogados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,478 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acosados" and "ahogados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusados 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 #11,478 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.