Which to use
“acuden” and “acudió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,600
- “acuden” frequency rank
- #11,340
- “acudió” frequency rank
- 24940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acuden | acudió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 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 acuden and acudió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. acuden ([aˈkuð̞ẽn]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acuden is recorded at frequency rank #13,600, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkuð̞ẽn]. 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 24940, this pair ranks #238,767 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acuden vs acudió
Shared letters: acdu. Private to "acuden": en. Private to "acudió": ió.
"acuden" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "acudió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acuden ← accuden · acduen · acudden · acudenn · acudne · acuedn · aucden · cauden