acudívsacudióWhich spelling fits?

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

#48,780
“acudí” frequency rank
#11,340
“acudió” frequency rank
60120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acudí acudió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple 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 acudí and acudió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. acudí runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against acudió's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
acudí
6 ch
acudió

Why the eye confuses acudí with acudió

A purely visual mix-up. acudí ([akuˈð̞i]) 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 60120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acudí is recorded at frequency rank #48,780, classified as averb, pronounced [akuˈð̞i]. 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 60120, this pair ranks #60,085 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acudí vs acudió

Shared letters: acdu. Private to "acudí": í. Private to "acudió": ió.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acudí" for "acudió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akuˈð̞i] versus [akuˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acudí" vs "acudió" - which ranks higher?
"acudió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,340 in our Spanish list, against #48,780 for "acudí". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "acudí" and "acudió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acudí" 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 #60,085 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acudí" and "acudió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acudí vs añadí". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #60,085 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