adoptadasvsagotadasWhat's the difference?

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

#18,728
“adoptadas” frequency rank
#30,739
“agotadas” frequency rank
49467
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adoptadas agotadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de adoptado, participio de adoptar. Forma del femenino plural de agotado, participio de agotar.

Where the eye mixes adoptadas and agotadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
adoptadas
8 ch
agotadas

Look-alike desk: adoptadas vs agotadas

A purely visual mix-up. adoptadas ([að̞opˈt̪að̞as]) and agotadas ([aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞as]) 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 49467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adoptadas is recorded at frequency rank #18,728, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞opˈt̪að̞as]. agotadas is at rank #30,739, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞as].

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 49467, this pair ranks #108,704 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adoptadas vs agotadas

Shared letters: adost. Private to "adoptadas": p. Private to "agotadas": g.

"adoptadas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "agotadas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adoptadasaddoptadas · adopatdas · adopptadas · adoptaads · adoptadass · adoptaddas · adoptadsa · adoptdaas
  • agotadasaggotadas · agoatdas · agotaads · agotadass · agotaddas · agotadsa · agotdaas · agottadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "adoptadas" and "agotadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([að̞opˈt̪að̞as] versus [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "adoptadas" or "agotadas" show up more?
"adoptadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,728 in our Spanish list, against #30,739 for "agotadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "adoptadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agotadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,704 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adoptadas" and "agotadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agotadas vs anotadas". 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 #108,704 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