acuerdenvsacuerdoTell them apart

Quick tell: acuerden is a verb, acuerdo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acuerden” is a verb and “acuerdo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,391
“acuerden” frequency rank
#197
“acuerdo” frequency rank
33588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acuerden acuerdo
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de acordar o de acordarse. Resolución tomada en común por varias partes o por un órgano colegiado.

Where the eye mixes acuerden and acuerdo

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

8 ch
acuerden
7 ch
acuerdo

Visual trap between acuerden and acuerdo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acuerden is [aˈkweɾð̞ẽn] while acuerdo is [aˈkweɾð̞o]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33588, 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]. acuerdo is at rank #197, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈkweɾð̞o].

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 33588, this pair ranks #196,001 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acuerden vs acuerdo

Shared letters: acderu. Private to "acuerden": n. Private to "acuerdo": o.

"acuerden" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC  ·  "acuerdo" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acuerdenaccuerden · aceurden · acuedren · acuerdden · acuerdenn · acuerdne · acueredn · acuerrden
  • acuerdoaccuerdo · aceurdo · acuedro · acuerddo · acuerod · acuerrdo · acuredo · aucerdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acuerden" and "acuerdo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acuerden" is a verb and "acuerdo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "acuerden" vs "acuerdo" - which ranks higher?
"acuerdo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #197 in our Spanish list, against #33,391 for "acuerden". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acuerden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acuerdo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #196,001 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acuerden" and "acuerdo" 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 #196,001 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