AgravsahreWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Agra is a name, ahre is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Agra” is a name and “ahre” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,956
“Agra” frequency rank
#38,480
“ahre” frequency rank
82436
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Agra ahre
Definition es una ciudad del Estado de Uttar Pradesh, India Grafía subestándar de ah re.

Where the eye mixes Agra and ahre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Agra and ahre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Agra
4 ch
ahre

Look-alike desk: Agra vs ahre

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Agra is [ˈaɣ̞ɾa] while ahre is [ˈa ˈre]. 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 (name vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Agra is recorded at frequency rank #43,956, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈaɣ̞ɾa]. ahre is at rank #38,480, tagged as anintj, pronounced [ˈa ˈre].

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 82436, this pair ranks #9,249 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Agra vs ahre

Shared letters: ar. Private to "Agra": g. Private to "ahre": eh.

"Agra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ahre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Agra ← aggra · arga
  • ahre ← aher · ahhre · ahrre · arhe

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Agra" for "ahre" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Agra" is a name and "ahre" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Agra" or "ahre" show up more?
"ahre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,480 in our Spanish list, against #43,956 for "Agra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Agra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ahre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,249 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Agra" and "ahre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Agra vs anta". 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 #9,249 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