agitanvsAnitaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: agitan is a verb, Anita is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agitan” is a verb and “Anita” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,716
“agitan” frequency rank
#12,754
“Anita” frequency rank
58470
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitan Anita
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de agitar. Diminutivo d Ana.

Where the eye mixes agitan and Anita

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agitan runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against Anita's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
agitan
5 ch
Anita

Look-alike desk: agitan vs Anita

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agitan is [aˈxit̪ãn] while Anita is [aˈnit̪a]. 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 (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agitan is recorded at frequency rank #45,716, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈxit̪ãn]. Anita is at rank #12,754, tagged as aname, pronounced [aˈnit̪a].

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 58470, this pair ranks #66,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agitan vs Anita

Shared letters: aint. Private to "agitan": g. Private to "Anita": -.

"agitan" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "Anita" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agitanaggitan · agiatn · agitann · agitna · agittan · agtian · aigtan · gaitan
  • Anitaainta · aniat · anitta · annita · antia · naita

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agitan" for "Anita" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agitan" is a verb and "Anita" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agitan" or "Anita"?
"Anita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,754 in our Spanish list, against #45,716 for "agitan". 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 "agitan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Anita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitan" and "Anita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admitan vs agitan". 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 #66,336 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