agitadavsagotadasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,118
“agitada” frequency rank
#30,739
“agotadas” frequency rank
55857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitada agotadas
Definition Forma del femenino de agitado, participio de agitar. Forma del femenino plural de agotado, participio de agotar.

Where the eye mixes agitada and agotadas

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

7 ch
agitada
8 ch
agotadas

Look-alike desk: agitada vs agotadas

A purely visual mix-up. agitada ([axiˈt̪að̞a]) and agotadas ([aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55857, 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]. agotadas is at rank #30,739, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞as].

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 55857, this pair ranks #77,036 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agitada vs agotadas

Shared letters: adgt. Private to "agitada": i. Private to "agotadas": os.

"agitada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "agotadas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agitadaaggitada · agiatda · agitaad · agitadda · agitdaa · agittada · agtiada · aigtada
  • agotadasaggotadas · agoatdas · agotaads · agotadass · agotaddas · agotadsa · agotdaas · agottadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agitada" and "agotadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([axiˈt̪að̞a] versus [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agitada" or "agotadas" show up more?
"agitada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,118 in our Spanish list, against #30,739 for "agotadas". 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 "agotadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,036 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitada" and "agotadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agotadas vs anotadas". 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 #77,036 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