Which to use
“acotado” and “agotado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,342
- “acotado” frequency rank
- #11,158
- “agotado” frequency rank
- 54500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acotado | agotado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Con topes o límites por alguno de sus lados o todos ellos, de manera que no se puede salir de ese espacio resultante. | Cansadísimo. |
Where the eye mixes acotado and agotado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acotado and agotado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: acotado vs agotado
A purely visual mix-up. acotado ([akoˈt̪að̞o]) and agotado ([aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞o]) 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 a single letter - c in “acotado” becomes g in “agotado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acotado is recorded at frequency rank #43,342, classified as anadj, pronounced [akoˈt̪að̞o]. agotado is at rank #11,158, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞o].
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 54500, this pair ranks #83,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acotado vs agotado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "acotado": c. Private to "agotado": g.
"acotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "agotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acotado" for "agotado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acotado" or "agotado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "acotado" and "agotado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acotado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agotado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acotado" and "agotado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abortado vs acotado". 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 #83,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.