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Which to use

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

#7,249
“acuerda” frequency rank
#35,325
“acuerdes” frequency rank
42574
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes acuerda and acuerdes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acuerda runs 7 letters (VCVVCCV) against acuerdes's 8 (VCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
acuerda
8 ch
acuerdes

Visual trap between acuerda and acuerdes

A purely visual mix-up. acuerda ([aˈkweɾð̞a]) and acuerdes ([aˈkweɾð̞es]) 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 42574, 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]. acuerdes is at rank #35,325, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈkweɾð̞es].

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 42574, this pair ranks #147,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acuerda vs acuerdes

Shared letters: acderu. Private to "acuerda": -. Private to "acuerdes": s.

"acuerda" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV  ·  "acuerdes" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acuerdaaccuerda · aceurda · acuedra · acuerad · acuerdda · acuerrda · acureda · aucerda
  • acuerdesaccuerdes · aceurdes · acuedres · acuerddes · acuerdess · acuerdse · acuereds · acuerrdes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acuerda" and "acuerdes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkweɾð̞a] versus [aˈkweɾð̞es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acuerda" vs "acuerdes" - which ranks higher?
"acuerda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,249 in our Spanish list, against #35,325 for "acuerdes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acuerda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acuerdes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #147,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acuerda" and "acuerdes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acuerden vs acuerdes". 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 #147,450 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