AgravsartTell them apart

Quick tell: Agra is a name, art is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#43,956
“Agra” frequency rank
#2,234
“art” frequency rank
46190
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Agra art
Definition es una ciudad del Estado de Uttar Pradesh, India Arte.

Where the eye mixes Agra and art

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Agra
3 ch
art

Look-alike desk: Agra vs art

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Agra is [ˈaɣ̞ɾa] while art is /ɑːt/. 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 (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46190, 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]. art is at rank #2,234, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɑːt/.

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 46190, this pair ranks #127,168 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Agra vs art

Shared letters: ar. Private to "Agra": g. Private to "art": t.

"Agra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "art" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Agraaggra · arga

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Agra" for "art" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Agra" is a name and "art" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Agra" or "art" show up more?
"art" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,234 in our Spanish list, against #43,956 for "Agra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Agra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "art" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,168 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Agra" and "art" 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 #127,168 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