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

#32,057
“agradan” frequency rank
#29,464
“agrandar” frequency rank
61521
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agradan agrandar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de agradar o de agradarse. Aumentar el tamaño, la importancia o la dignidad de algo; hacerlo más grande o mayor.

Where the eye mixes agradan and agrandar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agradan runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against agrandar's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
agradan
8 ch
agrandar

Look-alike desk: agradan vs agrandar

A purely visual mix-up. agradan ([aˈɣ̞ɾað̞ãn]) and agrandar ([aɣ̞ɾãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agradan is recorded at frequency rank #32,057, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ɾað̞ãn]. agrandar is at rank #29,464, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾãn̪ˈd̪aɾ].

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 61521, this pair ranks #55,165 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agradan vs agrandar

Shared letters: adgnr. Private to "agradan": -. Private to "agrandar": -.

"agradan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "agrandar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agradanagardan · aggradan · agraadn · agradann · agraddan · agradna · agrdaan · agrradan
  • agrandaragarndar · aggrandar · agradnar · agranadr · agrandarr · agranddar · agrandra · agranndar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agradan" and "agrandar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈɣ̞ɾað̞ãn] versus [aɣ̞ɾãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agradan" vs "agrandar" - which ranks higher?
"agrandar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,464 in our Spanish list, against #32,057 for "agradan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agradan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agrandar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,165 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agradan" and "agrandar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agradan vs agreden". 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 #55,165 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