acavsAgraTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,222
“aca” frequency rank
#43,956
“Agra” frequency rank
47178
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aca Agra
Definition Residuo sólido indigerible del bolo alimenticio, que se excreta a través del ano. es una ciudad del Estado de Uttar Pradesh, India

Where the eye mixes aca and Agra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
aca
4 ch
Agra

Why the eye confuses aca with Agra

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aca is [ˈaka] while Agra is [ˈaɣ̞ɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aca is recorded at frequency rank #3,222, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaka]. Agra is at rank #43,956, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈaɣ̞ɾa].

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 47178, this pair ranks #121,514 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aca vs Agra

Shared letters: a. Private to "aca": c. Private to "Agra": gr.

"aca" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "Agra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Agraaggra · arga

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aca" for "Agra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aca" is a noun and "Agra" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aca" or "Agra"?
"aca" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,222 in our Spanish list, against #43,956 for "Agra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aca" 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 #121,514 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aca" and "Agra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Agra vs anta". 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 #121,514 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list