Which to use
“acumulado” is a verb and “acumulados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,745
- “acumulado” frequency rank
- #23,645
- “acumulados” frequency rank
- 36390
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acumulado | acumulados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de acumular. | Forma del plural de acumulado, participio de acumular. |
Where the eye mixes acumulado and acumulados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. acumulado runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against acumulados's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acumulado and acumulados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acumulado is [akumuˈlað̞o] while acumulados is [akumuˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “acumulado” sits inside “acumulados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acumulado is recorded at frequency rank #12,745, classified as averb, pronounced [akumuˈlað̞o]. acumulados is at rank #23,645, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akumuˈlað̞os].
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 36390, this pair ranks #180,866 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acumulado vs acumulados
Shared letters: acdlmou. Private to "acumulado": -. Private to "acumulados": s.
"acumulado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV · "acumulados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acumulado ← accumulado · acmuulado · acumluado · acummulado · acumualdo · acumuladdo · acumulaod · acumuldao
- acumulados ← accumulados · acmuulados · acumluados · acummulados · acumualdos · acumuladdos · acumuladoss · acumuladso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acumulado" for "acumulados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acumulado" or "acumulados"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "acumulado" and "acumulados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acumulado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acumulados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #180,866 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acumulado" and "acumulados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acumuladas vs acumulados". 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 #180,866 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.