agotadoravsagotadosTell them apart

Quick tell: agotadora is a adjective, agotados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agotadora” is an adjective and “agotados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,392
“agotadora” frequency rank
#27,467
“agotados” frequency rank
76859
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agotadora agotados
Definition Forma del femenino de agotador. Forma del plural de agotado, participio de agotar.

Where the eye mixes agotadora and agotados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agotadora runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against agotados's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
agotadora
8 ch
agotados

Look-alike desk: agotadora vs agotados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agotadora is [aɣ̞ot̪aˈð̞oɾa] while agotados is [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞os]. 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 (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agotadora is recorded at frequency rank #49,392, classified as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞ot̪aˈð̞oɾa]. agotados is at rank #27,467, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞os].

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 76859, this pair ranks #16,985 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agotadora vs agotados

Shared letters: adgot. Private to "agotadora": r. Private to "agotados": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agotadoraaggotadora · agoatdora · agotaddora · agotadoar · agotadorra · agotadroa · agotaodra · agotdaora
  • agotadosaggotados · agoatdos · agotaddos · agotadoss · agotadso · agotaods · agotdaos · agottados

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agotadora" for "agotados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agotadora" is an adjective and "agotados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agotadora" or "agotados"?
"agotados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,467 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agotadora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agotados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,985 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agotadora" and "agotados" 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 #16,985 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