acuerdavsacuerdeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#7,249
“acuerda” frequency rank
#20,870
“acuerde” frequency rank
28119
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acuerda acuerde
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acordar o de acordarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de acordar o de acordarse.

Where the eye mixes acuerda and acuerde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acuerda and acuerde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
acuerda
7 ch
acuerde

Why the eye confuses acuerda with acuerde

A purely visual mix-up. acuerda ([aˈkweɾð̞a]) and acuerde ([aˈkweɾð̞e]) 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 a single letter - a in “acuerda” becomes e in “acuerde”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acuerda is recorded at frequency rank #7,249, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkweɾð̞a]. acuerde is at rank #20,870, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈkweɾð̞e].

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 28119, this pair ranks #223,529 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acuerda vs acuerde

Shared letters: acderu. Private to "acuerda": -. Private to "acuerde": -.

"acuerda" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV  ·  "acuerde" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acuerdaaccuerda · aceurda · acuedra · acuerad · acuerdda · acuerrda · acureda · aucerda
  • acuerdeaccuerde · aceurde · acuedre · acuerdde · acuered · acuerrde · acurede · aucerde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acuerda" for "acuerde" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkweɾð̞a] versus [aˈkweɾð̞e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acuerda" vs "acuerde" - which ranks higher?
"acuerda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,249 in our Spanish list, against #20,870 for "acuerde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acuerda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acuerde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,529 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acuerda" and "acuerde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acuerde vs acueste". 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 #223,529 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