Which to use
“acudió” is a verb and “agudo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,340
- “acudió” frequency rank
- #12,085
- “agudo” frequency rank
- 23425
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acudió | agudo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acudir. | Que tiene punta, filo, corte, etcétera; sumamente fino y adelgazado, especialmente hablando de armas blancas, de instrumentos, etc. |
Where the eye mixes acudió and agudo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acudió is [akuˈð̞jo] while agudo is [aˈɣ̞uð̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acudió is recorded at frequency rank #11,340, classified as averb, pronounced [akuˈð̞jo]. agudo is at rank #12,085, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈɣ̞uð̞o].
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 23425, this pair ranks #245,879 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acudió vs agudo
Shared letters: adu. Private to "acudió": ció. Private to "agudo": go.
"acudió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "agudo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agudo ← agduo · aggudo · aguddo · aguod · augdo · gaudo