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

#25,112
“acusaba” frequency rank
#35,843
“acusaban” frequency rank
60955
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acusaba acusaban
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acusar o de acusarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acusar o de acusarse.

Where the eye mixes acusaba and acusaban

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
acusaba
8 ch
acusaban

Visual trap between acusaba and acusaban

A purely visual mix-up. acusaba ([akuˈsaβ̞a]) and acusaban ([akuˈsaβ̞ãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “acusaba” sits inside “acusaban”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acusaba is recorded at frequency rank #25,112, classified as averb, pronounced [akuˈsaβ̞a]. acusaban is at rank #35,843, tagged as averb, pronounced [akuˈsaβ̞ãn].

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 60955, this pair ranks #57,105 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acusaba vs acusaban

Shared letters: abcsu. Private to "acusaba": -. Private to "acusaban": n.

"acusaba" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "acusaban" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acusabaaccusaba · acsuaba · acuasba · acusaab · acusabba · acusava · acusbaa · acussaba
  • acusabanaccusaban · acsuaban · acuasban · acusaabn · acusabann · acusabban · acusabna · acusavan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acusaba" and "acusaban" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akuˈsaβ̞a] versus [akuˈsaβ̞ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acusaba" vs "acusaban" - which ranks higher?
"acusaba" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,112 in our Spanish list, against #35,843 for "acusaban". 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 "acusaba" and "acusaban" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acusaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acusaban" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,105 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acusaba" and "acusaban" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acusaba vs asustaba". 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 #57,105 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