acarreavsagarresWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#30,727
“acarrea” frequency rank
#34,422
“agarres” frequency rank
65149
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acarrea agarres
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acarrear. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de agarrar o de agarrarse.

Where the eye mixes acarrea and agarres

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. acarrea (VCVCCVV) and agarres (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
acarrea
7 ch
agarres

Look-alike desk: acarrea vs agarres

A purely visual mix-up. acarrea ([akaˈrea]) and agarres ([aˈɣ̞ares]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65149, 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]. agarres is at rank #34,422, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ares].

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 65149, this pair ranks #43,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acarrea vs agarres

Shared letters: aer. Private to "acarrea": c. Private to "agarres": gs.

"acarrea" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV  ·  "agarres" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acarreaaacrrea · acarea · acarera · acarrae · accarrea · acrarea · caarrea
  • agarresaagrres · agarers · agares · agarress · agarrse · aggarres · agrares · gaarres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acarrea" and "agarres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([akaˈrea] versus [aˈɣ̞ares]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acarrea" vs "agarres" - which ranks higher?
"acarrea" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,727 in our Spanish list, against #34,422 for "agarres". 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 "acarrea" and "agarres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acarrea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agarres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acarrea" and "agarres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agarres vs amarras". 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 #43,497 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