agitadavsagradaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#25,118
“agitada” frequency rank
#10,606
“agrada” frequency rank
35724
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitada agrada
Definition Forma del femenino de agitado, participio de agitar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de agradar o de agradarse.

Where the eye mixes agitada and agrada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
agitada
6 ch
agrada

Why the eye confuses agitada with agrada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agitada is [axiˈt̪að̞a] while agrada is [aˈɣ̞ɾað̞a]. 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 35724, 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]. agrada is at rank #10,606, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ɾað̞a].

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 35724, this pair ranks #184,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agitada vs agrada

Shared letters: adg. Private to "agitada": it. Private to "agrada": r.

"agitada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "agrada" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agitadaaggitada · agiatda · agitaad · agitadda · agitdaa · agittada · agtiada · aigtada
  • agradaagarda · aggrada · agraad · agradda · agrdaa · agrrada · argada · garada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agitada" and "agrada" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agitada" is a participle and "agrada" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agitada" or "agrada" show up more?
"agrada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,606 in our Spanish list, against #25,118 for "agitada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "agitada" and "agrada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agrada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #184,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitada" and "agrada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitada vs agitador". 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 #184,518 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