Which to use
“afilados” is an adjective and “agitados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,409
- “afilados” frequency rank
- #45,715
- “agitados” frequency rank
- 83124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afilados | agitados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de afilado. | Forma del plural de agitado, participio de agitar. |
Where the eye mixes afilados and agitados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses afilados with agitados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: afilados is [afiˈlað̞os] while agitados is [axiˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afilados is recorded at frequency rank #37,409, classified as anadj, pronounced [afiˈlað̞os]. agitados is at rank #45,715, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [axiˈt̪að̞os].
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 83124, this pair ranks #8,454 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of afilados vs agitados
Shared letters: adios. Private to "afilados": fl. Private to "agitados": gt.
"afilados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "agitados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afilados" and "agitados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "afilados" or "agitados" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "afilados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,454 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afilados" and "agitados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitador vs agitados". 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 #8,454 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.