agarrévsamarseConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#20,248
“agarré” frequency rank
#48,200
“amarse” frequency rank
68448
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agarré amarse
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de agarrar o de agarrarse. Forma pronominal de amar.

Where the eye mixes agarré and amarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agarré and amarse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
agarré
6 ch
amarse

Visual trap between agarré and amarse

A purely visual mix-up. agarré ([aɣ̞aˈre]) and amarse ([aˈmaɾse]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agarré is recorded at frequency rank #20,248, classified as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞aˈre]. amarse is at rank #48,200, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈmaɾse].

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 68448, this pair ranks #34,486 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agarré vs amarse

Shared letters: ar. Private to "agarré": gé. Private to "amarse": ems.

"agarré" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "amarse" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amarse ← aamrse · amarce · amares · amarrse · amarsse · amasre · ammarse · amrase

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agarré" and "amarse" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aɣ̞aˈre] versus [aˈmaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agarré" or "amarse"?
"agarré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,248 in our Spanish list, against #48,200 for "amarse". 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 "agarré" and "amarse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agarré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,486 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agarré" and "amarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amarse vs amaste". 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 #34,486 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