agoravsagraTell them apart

Which to use

“agora” and “agra” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,543
“agora” frequency rank
#31,428
“agra” frequency rank
71971
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agora agra
Definition A place for gathering. Dear, darling (as a term of endearment).

Where the eye mixes agora and agra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agora runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against agra's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
agora
4 ch
agra

Look-alike desk: agora vs agra

A purely visual mix-up. agora (/ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/) and agra (/əˈɡɹɑː/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agora is recorded at frequency rank #40,543, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/. agra is at rank #31,428, tagged as anoun, pronounced /əˈɡɹɑː/.

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 71971, this pair ranks #44,693 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agora vs agra

Shared letters: agr. Private to "agora": o. Private to "agra": -.

"agora" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "agra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agora ← aggora · agoar · agorra · agroa · aogra · gaora
  • agra ← aggra · agrra · arga · gara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agora" and "agra" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/ versus /əˈɡɹɑː/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agora" vs "agra" - which ranks higher?
"agra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,428 in our English list, against #40,543 for "agora". 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 "agora" and "agra" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,693 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agora" and "agra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agora vs Arora". 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 #44,693 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list