agravsAstaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: agra is a noun, Asta is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#31,428
“agra” frequency rank
#49,767
“Asta” frequency rank
81195
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agra Asta
Definition Dear, darling (as a term of endearment). A surname from Italian.

Letter map: agra vs Asta

Shared letters muted; letters that set agra and Asta apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. agra and Asta follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
agra
4 ch
Asta

Grammar separator: agra vs Asta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agra is anoun and Astaaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81195, 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/. Asta is at rank #49,767, tagged as aname.

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 81195, this pair ranks #18,181 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agra vs Asta

Shared letters: a. Private to "agra": gr. Private to "Asta": st.

"agra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "Asta" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agra ← aggra · agrra · arga · gara
  • Asta ← asat · assta · astta · atsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agra" and "Asta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agra" is a noun and "Asta" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agra" vs "Asta" - which ranks higher?
"agra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,428 in our English list, against #49,767 for "Asta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "agra" vs "Asta" 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 "Asta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,181 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agra" and "Asta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ashy 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 #18,181 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