agitadavsagitandoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: agitada is a participle, agitando is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agitada” is a participle and “agitando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,118
“agitada” frequency rank
#27,466
“agitando” frequency rank
52584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitada agitando
Definition Forma del femenino de agitado, participio de agitar. Gerundio de agitar.

Where the eye mixes agitada and agitando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
agitada
8 ch
agitando

Visual trap between agitada and agitando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agitada is [axiˈt̪að̞a] while agitando is [axiˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agitada is recorded at frequency rank #25,118, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [axiˈt̪að̞a]. agitando is at rank #27,466, tagged as averb, pronounced [axiˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].

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 52584, this pair ranks #92,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agitada vs agitando

Shared letters: adgit. Private to "agitada": -. Private to "agitando": no.

"agitada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "agitando" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agitadaaggitada · agiatda · agitaad · agitadda · agitdaa · agittada · agtiada · aigtada
  • agitandoaggitando · agiatndo · agitadno · agitanddo · agitanndo · agitanod · agitnado · agittando

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agitada" and "agitando" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agitada" is a participle and "agitando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agitada" vs "agitando" - which ranks higher?
"agitada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,118 in our Spanish list, against #27,466 for "agitando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agitando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #92,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitada" and "agitando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitador vs agitando". 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 #92,015 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