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“acomoda” and “acomodar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,143
“acomoda” frequency rank
#11,572
“acomodar” frequency rank
57715
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acomoda acomodar
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo acomodar dar acomodação a

Where the eye mixes acomoda and acomodar

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

7 ch
acomoda
8 ch
acomodar

Look-alike desk: acomoda vs acomodar

A purely visual mix-up. acomoda (/ɐ.ko.ˈmɔ.dɐ/) and acomodar (/ɐ.ku.mu.ˈdaɾ/) 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) - “acomoda” sits inside “acomodar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acomoda is recorded at frequency rank #46,143, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ko.ˈmɔ.dɐ/. acomodar is at rank #11,572, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ku.mu.ˈdaɾ/.

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 57715, this pair ranks #9,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acomoda vs acomodar

Shared letters: acdmo. Private to "acomoda": -. Private to "acomodar": r.

"acomoda" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "acomodar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acomoda ← accomoda · acmooda · acomdoa · acommoda · acomoad · acomodda · acoomda · aocmoda
  • acomodar ← accomodar · acmoodar · acomdoar · acommodar · acomoadr · acomodarr · acomoddar · acomodra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acomoda" and "acomodar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.ko.ˈmɔ.dɐ/ versus /ɐ.ku.mu.ˈdaɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "acomoda" or "acomodar" show up more?
"acomodar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,572 in our Portuguese list, against #46,143 for "acomoda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "acomoda" and "acomodar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acomoda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acomodar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acomoda" and "acomodar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acomoda vs acomodado". 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 #9,170 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