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Which to use

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

#23,650
“agotador” frequency rank
#49,392
“agotadora” frequency rank
73042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agotador agotadora
Definition Que agota. Forma del femenino de agotador.

Where the eye mixes agotador and agotadora

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. agotador runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against agotadora's 9 (VCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
agotador
9 ch
agotadora

Why the eye confuses agotador with agotadora

A purely visual mix-up. agotador ([aɣ̞ot̪aˈð̞oɾ]) and agotadora ([aɣ̞ot̪aˈð̞oɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “agotador” sits inside “agotadora”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agotador is recorded at frequency rank #23,650, classified as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞ot̪aˈð̞oɾ]. agotadora is at rank #49,392, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞ot̪aˈð̞oɾa].

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 73042, this pair ranks #24,119 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agotador vs agotadora

Shared letters: adgort. Private to "agotador": -. Private to "agotadora": -.

"agotador" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "agotadora" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agotadoraggotador · agoatdor · agotaddor · agotadorr · agotadro · agotaodr · agotdaor · agottador
  • agotadoraaggotadora · agoatdora · agotaddora · agotadoar · agotadorra · agotadroa · agotaodra · agotdaora

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agotador" and "agotadora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aɣ̞ot̪aˈð̞oɾ] versus [aɣ̞ot̪aˈð̞oɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agotador" or "agotadora" show up more?
"agotador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,650 in our Spanish list, against #49,392 for "agotadora". 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 "agotador" and "agotadora" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agotador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agotadora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,119 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agotador" and "agotadora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitador 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 #24,119 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