agitadavsanotadaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#25,118
“agitada” frequency rank
#43,970
“anotada” frequency rank
69088
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitada anotada
Definition Forma del femenino de agitado, participio de agitar. Forma del femenino de anotado, participio de anotar.

Where the eye mixes agitada and anotada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agitada and anotada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
agitada
7 ch
anotada

Visual trap between agitada and anotada

A purely visual mix-up. agitada ([axiˈt̪að̞a]) and anotada ([anoˈt̪að̞a]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69088, 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]. anotada is at rank #43,970, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [anoˈt̪að̞a].

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 69088, this pair ranks #32,871 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agitada vs anotada

Shared letters: adt. Private to "agitada": gi. Private to "anotada": no.

"agitada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "anotada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agitadaaggitada · agiatda · agitaad · agitadda · agitdaa · agittada · agtiada · aigtada
  • anotadaannotada · anoatda · anotaad · anotadda · anotdaa · anottada · antoada · aontada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agitada" and "anotada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([axiˈt̪að̞a] versus [anoˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agitada" or "anotada"?
"agitada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,118 in our Spanish list, against #43,970 for "anotada". 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 "anotada" 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 "anotada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,871 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitada" and "anotada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anotada vs ansiada". 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 #32,871 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