acudevsacudióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#12,514
“acude” frequency rank
#11,340
“acudió” frequency rank
23854
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acude acudió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acudir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acudir.

Where the eye mixes acude and acudió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
acude
6 ch
acudió

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. acude ([aˈkuð̞e]) and acudió ([akuˈð̞jo]) 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 23854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acude is recorded at frequency rank #12,514, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkuð̞e]. acudió is at rank #11,340, tagged as averb, pronounced [akuˈð̞jo].

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 23854, this pair ranks #243,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acude vs acudió

Shared letters: acdu. Private to "acude": e. Private to "acudió": .

"acude" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "acudió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acudeaccude · acdue · acudde · acued · aucde · caude

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acude" and "acudió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkuð̞e] versus [akuˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acude" or "acudió"?
"acudió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,340 in our Spanish list, against #12,514 for "acude". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "acude" and "acudió". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acudió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #243,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acude" and "acudió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acude vs acudí". 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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list