acuerdenvsacuerdesTell them apart

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

#33,391
“acuerden” frequency rank
#35,325
“acuerdes” frequency rank
68716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acuerden acuerdes
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de acordar o de acordarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de acordar o de acordarse.

Where the eye mixes acuerden and acuerdes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acuerden 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
acuerden
8 ch
acuerdes

Why the eye confuses acuerden with acuerdes

A purely visual mix-up. acuerden ([aˈkweɾð̞ẽn]) 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 a single letter - n in “acuerden” becomes s in “acuerdes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acuerden is recorded at frequency rank #33,391, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkweɾð̞ẽn]. 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 68716, this pair ranks #33,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acuerden vs acuerdes

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

"acuerden" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC  ·  "acuerdes" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acuerdenaccuerden · aceurden · acuedren · acuerdden · acuerdenn · acuerdne · acueredn · acuerrden
  • acuerdesaccuerdes · aceurdes · acuedres · acuerddes · acuerdess · acuerdse · acuereds · acuerrdes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acuerden" for "acuerdes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkweɾð̞ẽn] versus [aˈkweɾð̞es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acuerden" vs "acuerdes" - which ranks higher?
"acuerden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,391 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acuerden" 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 #33,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acuerden" and "acuerdes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acceden vs acuerden". 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 #33,773 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