Which to use
“agotado” is an adjective and “azotado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,158
- “agotado” frequency rank
- #37,446
- “azotado” frequency rank
- 48604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agotado | azotado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cansadísimo. | Participio de azotar. |
Where the eye mixes agotado and azotado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agotado and azotado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: agotado vs azotado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agotado is [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞o] while azotado is [asoˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - g in “agotado” becomes z in “azotado”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agotado is recorded at frequency rank #11,158, classified as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞o]. azotado is at rank #37,446, tagged as averb, pronounced [asoˈt̪að̞o].
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 48604, this pair ranks #113,539 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agotado vs azotado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "agotado": g. Private to "azotado": z.
"agotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "azotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agotado" and "azotado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agotado" or "azotado" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "agotado" and "azotado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agotado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "azotado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,539 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agotado" and "azotado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abortado vs azotado". 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 #113,539 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.