agoravsAmaraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: agora is a adverb, Amara is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agora” is an adverb and “Amara” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,016
“agora” frequency rank
#25,889
“Amara” frequency rank
54905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agora Amara
Definition Variante de ahora. Apellido.

Where the eye mixes agora and Amara

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
agora
5 ch
Amara

Look-alike desk: agora vs Amara

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agora is [aˈɣ̞oɾa] while Amara is [aˈmaɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agora is recorded at frequency rank #29,016, classified as anadv, pronounced [aˈɣ̞oɾa]. Amara is at rank #25,889, tagged as aname, pronounced [aˈmaɾa].

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 54905, this pair ranks #81,266 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agora vs Amara

Shared letters: ar. Private to "agora": go. Private to "Amara": m.

"agora" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "Amara" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agoraaggora · agoar · agorra · agroa · aogra · gaora
  • Amaraaamra · amaar · ammara · amraa · maara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agora" and "Amara" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agora" is an adverb and "Amara" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agora" vs "Amara" - which ranks higher?
"Amara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,889 in our Spanish list, against #29,016 for "agora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Amara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,266 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agora" and "Amara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aflora vs agora". 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 #81,266 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