agarravsAgraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agarra is a verb, Agra is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agarra” is a verb and “Agra” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,257
“agarra” frequency rank
#43,956
“Agra” frequency rank
50213
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agarra Agra
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de agarrar o de agarrarse. es una ciudad del Estado de Uttar Pradesh, India

Where the eye mixes agarra and Agra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agarra runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against Agra's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
agarra
4 ch
Agra

Look-alike desk: agarra vs Agra

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agarra is [aˈɣ̞ara] while Agra is [ˈaɣ̞ɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agarra is recorded at frequency rank #6,257, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ara]. Agra is at rank #43,956, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈaɣ̞ɾa].

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 50213, this pair ranks #104,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agarra vs Agra

Shared letters: agr. Private to "agarra": -. Private to "Agra": -.

"agarra" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "Agra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agarraaagrra · agara · agarar · aggarra · agrara · gaarra
  • Agraaggra · arga

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agarra" and "Agra" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agarra" is a verb and "Agra" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agarra" or "Agra" show up more?
"agarra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,257 in our Spanish list, against #43,956 for "Agra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agarra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Agra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agarra" and "Agra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Agra vs anta". 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 #104,467 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