agotadavsanotadoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#20,876
“agotada” frequency rank
#17,334
“anotado” frequency rank
38210
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agotada anotado
Definition Forma del femenino de agotado, participio de agotar. Participio de anotar.

Where the eye mixes agotada and anotado

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

7 ch
agotada
7 ch
anotado

Visual trap between agotada and anotado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agotada is [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞a] while anotado is [anoˈt̪að̞o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agotada is recorded at frequency rank #20,876, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞a]. anotado is at rank #17,334, tagged as averb, pronounced [anoˈt̪að̞o].

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 38210, this pair ranks #171,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agotada vs anotado

Shared letters: adot. Private to "agotada": g. Private to "anotado": n.

"agotada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "anotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agotadaaggotada · agoatda · agotaad · agotadda · agotdaa · agottada · agtoada · aogtada
  • anotadoannotado · anoatdo · anotaddo · anotaod · anotdao · anottado · antoado · aontado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agotada" and "anotado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agotada" is a participle and "anotado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agotada" or "anotado" show up more?
"anotado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,334 in our Spanish list, against #20,876 for "agotada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agotada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anotado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #171,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agotada" and "anotado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agotada vs agotadora". 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 #171,232 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