ágilesvsAquilesConfusable pair

Quick tell: ágiles is a adjective, Aquiles is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ágiles” is an adjective and “Aquiles” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,904
“ágiles” frequency rank
#16,505
“Aquiles” frequency rank
50409
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ágiles Aquiles
Definition Forma del plural de ágil. Un héroe de la guerra de Troya y uno de los principales protagonistas y más grandes guerreros de la Ilíada de Homero. Leyendas sostienen que sólo tenía una debilidad: su talón; de ahí sale la expresión el talón de Aquiles y en anatomía el tendón de Aquiles.

Where the eye mixes ágiles and Aquiles

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ágiles runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against Aquiles's 7 (VCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
ágiles
7 ch
Aquiles

Look-alike desk: ágiles vs Aquiles

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ágiles is [ˈaxiles] while Aquiles is [aˈkiles]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ágiles is recorded at frequency rank #33,904, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaxiles]. Aquiles is at rank #16,505, tagged as aname, pronounced [aˈkiles].

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 50409, this pair ranks #103,359 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ágiles vs Aquiles

Shared letters: eils. Private to "ágiles": . Private to "Aquiles": aqu.

"ágiles" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "Aquiles" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Aquilesaqiules · aqquiles · aquiels · aquiless · aquilles · aquilse · aqulies · auqiles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ágiles" and "Aquiles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ágiles" is an adjective and "Aquiles" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ágiles" vs "Aquiles" - which ranks higher?
"Aquiles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,505 in our Spanish list, against #33,904 for "ágiles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ágiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Aquiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,359 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ágiles" and "Aquiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ágiles vs avales". 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 #103,359 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