acarreavsagarréTell them apart

Which to use

“acarrea” and “agarré” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,727
“acarrea” frequency rank
#20,248
“agarré” frequency rank
50975
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acarrea agarré
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acarrear. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de agarrar o de agarrarse.

Where the eye mixes acarrea and agarré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
acarrea
6 ch
agarré

Look-alike desk: acarrea vs agarré

A purely visual mix-up. acarrea ([akaˈrea]) and agarré ([aɣ̞aˈre]) 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 50975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acarrea is recorded at frequency rank #30,727, classified as averb, pronounced [akaˈrea]. agarré is at rank #20,248, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞aˈre].

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 50975, this pair ranks #100,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acarrea vs agarré

Shared letters: ar. Private to "acarrea": ce. Private to "agarré": .

"acarrea" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV  ·  "agarré" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acarreaaacrrea · acarea · acarera · acarrae · accarrea · acrarea · caarrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acarrea" for "agarré" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akaˈrea] versus [aɣ̞aˈre]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acarrea" or "agarré"?
"agarré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,248 in our Spanish list, against #30,727 for "acarrea". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acarrea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agarré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #100,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acarrea" and "agarré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acarrea vs amarra". 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 #100,364 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