agravsARWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#31,428
“agra” frequency rank
#6,436
“AR” frequency rank
37864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agra AR
Definition Dear, darling (as a term of endearment). Initialism of autoregressive.

Letter map: agra vs AR

Shared letters muted; letters that set agra and AR apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
agra
2 ch
AR

Part-of-speech tell for agra / AR

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agra is anoun and ARanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agra is recorded at frequency rank #31,428, classified as anoun, pronounced /əˈɡɹɑː/. AR is at rank #6,436, tagged as anadj.

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 37864, this pair ranks #290,816 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agra vs AR

Shared letters: ar. Private to "agra": g. Private to "AR": -.

"agra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "AR" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agraaggra · agrra · arga · gara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agra" and "AR" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agra" is a noun and "AR" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agra" vs "AR" - which ranks higher?
"AR" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,436 in our English list, against #31,428 for "agra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "agra" vs "AR" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "AR" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #290,816 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agra" and "AR" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agra vs Asta". 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 #290,816 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