Which to use
“agotados” is a participle and “agotando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,467
- “agotados” frequency rank
- #33,917
- “agotando” frequency rank
- 61384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agotados | agotando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de agotado, participio de agotar. | Gerundio de agotar. |
Where the eye mixes agotados and agotando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agotados (VCVCVCVC) and agotando (VCVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: agotados vs agotando
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agotados is [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞os] while agotando is [aɣ̞oˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 61384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agotados is recorded at frequency rank #27,467, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪að̞os]. agotando is at rank #33,917, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞oˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 61384, this pair ranks #55,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agotados vs agotando
Shared letters: adgot. Private to "agotados": s. Private to "agotando": n.
"agotados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "agotando" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agotados" and "agotando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agotados" or "agotando" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "agotados" and "agotando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agotados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agotando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agotados" and "agotando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acotado vs agotando". 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 #55,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.