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Which to use

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

#11,896
“acuerdan” frequency rank
#35,325
“acuerdes” frequency rank
47221
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acuerdan acuerdes
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 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 acuerdan and acuerdes

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

8 ch
acuerdan
8 ch
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Look-alike desk: acuerdan vs acuerdes

A purely visual mix-up. acuerdan ([aˈkweɾð̞ãn]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acuerdan is recorded at frequency rank #11,896, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkweɾð̞ãn]. 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 47221, this pair ranks #121,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acuerdan vs acuerdes

Shared letters: acderu. Private to "acuerdan": n. Private to "acuerdes": s.

"acuerdan" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC  ·  "acuerdes" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acuerdanaccuerdan · aceurdan · acuedran · acueradn · acuerdann · acuerddan · acuerdna · acuerrdan
  • acuerdesaccuerdes · aceurdes · acuedres · acuerddes · acuerdess · acuerdse · acuereds · acuerrdes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acuerdan" and "acuerdes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkweɾð̞ãn] versus [aˈkweɾð̞es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acuerdan" vs "acuerdes" - which ranks higher?
"acuerdan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,896 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acuerdan" 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 #121,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acuerdan" 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 #121,279 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