agarramosvsagarraronTell them apart

Which to use

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

#35,328
“agarramos” frequency rank
#21,551
“agarraron” frequency rank
56879
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agarramos agarraron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de agarrar o de agarrarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de agarrar o de agarrarse.

Where the eye mixes agarramos and agarraron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agarramos and agarraron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
agarramos
9 ch
agarraron

Why the eye confuses agarramos with agarraron

A purely visual mix-up. agarramos ([aɣ̞aˈramos]) and agarraron ([aɣ̞aˈraɾõn]) 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 56879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agarramos is recorded at frequency rank #35,328, classified as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞aˈramos]. agarraron is at rank #21,551, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞aˈraɾõn].

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 56879, this pair ranks #72,746 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agarramos vs agarraron

Shared letters: agor. Private to "agarramos": ms. Private to "agarraron": n.

"agarramos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "agarraron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agarramosaagrramos · agaramos · agararmos · agarrammos · agarramoss · agarramso · agarraoms · agarrmaos
  • agarraronaagrraron · agararon · agararron · agarraorn · agarrarno · agarraronn · agarrarron · agarrraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agarramos" and "agarraron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aɣ̞aˈramos] versus [aɣ̞aˈraɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agarramos" vs "agarraron" - which ranks higher?
"agarraron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,551 in our Spanish list, against #35,328 for "agarramos". 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 "agarramos" and "agarraron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agarramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agarraron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,746 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agarramos" and "agarraron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agarrados vs agarramos". 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 #72,746 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