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Which to use

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

#31,180
“acosando” frequency rank
#5,461
“apoyando” frequency rank
36641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acosando apoyando
Definition Gerundio de acosar. Gerundio de apoyar.

Where the eye mixes acosando and apoyando

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

8 ch
acosando
8 ch
apoyando

Look-alike desk: acosando vs apoyando

A purely visual mix-up. acosando ([akoˈsãn̪d̪o]) and apoyando ([apoˈʝãn̪d̪o]) 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 36641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acosando is recorded at frequency rank #31,180, classified as averb, pronounced [akoˈsãn̪d̪o]. apoyando is at rank #5,461, tagged as averb, pronounced [apoˈʝãn̪d̪o].

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 36641, this pair ranks #179,576 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acosando vs apoyando

Shared letters: adno. Private to "acosando": cs. Private to "apoyando": py.

"acosando" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV  ·  "apoyando" · 8 letters · shape VCVVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acosandoaccosando · acoasndo · acosadno · acosanddo · acosanndo · acosanod · acosnado · acossando
  • apoyandoaopyando · apoayndo · apoyadno · apoyanddo · apoyanndo · apoyanod · apoynado · apoyyando

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acosando" and "apoyando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akoˈsãn̪d̪o] versus [apoˈʝãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acosando" vs "apoyando" - which ranks higher?
"apoyando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,461 in our Spanish list, against #31,180 for "acosando". 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 "acosando" and "apoyando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acosando" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apoyando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,576 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acosando" and "apoyando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acosados vs acosando". 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 #179,576 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