accordvsacordeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: accord is a noun, acorde is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“accord” is a noun and “acorde” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,244
“accord” frequency rank
#11,201
“acorde” frequency rank
54445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accord acorde
Definition acordo, tratado, pacto que está em harmonia com outro instrumento ou voz

Letter map: accord vs acorde

Shared letters muted; letters that set accord and acorde apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. accord (VCCVCC) and acorde (VCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
accord
6 ch
acorde

Grammar separator: accord vs acorde

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: accord is anoun and acordeanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accord is recorded at frequency rank #43,244, classified as anoun. acorde is at rank #11,201, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈkɔɾ.dɨ/.

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 54445, this pair ranks #11,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of accord vs acorde

Shared letters: acdor. Private to "accord": -. Private to "acorde": e.

"accord" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "acorde" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accord ← accodr · accordd · accorrd · accrod · acocrd · acord · cacord
  • acorde ← accorde · acodre · acordde · acored · acorrde · acrode · aocrde · caorde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accord" for "acorde" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "accord" is a noun and "acorde" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "accord" or "acorde"?
"acorde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,201 in our Portuguese list, against #43,244 for "accord". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "accord" vs "acorde" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acorde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accord" and "acorde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acorde vs acordeão". 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 #11,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list