agradecidosvsagradecióConfusable pair

Quick tell: agradecidos is a participle, agradeció is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agradecidos” is a participle and “agradeció” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,295
“agradecidos” frequency rank
#16,496
“agradeció” frequency rank
28791
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agradecidos agradeció
Definition Forma del plural de agradecido. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de agradecer.

Where the eye mixes agradecidos and agradeció

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. agradecidos runs 11 letters (VCCVCVCVCVC) against agradeció's 9 (VCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
agradecidos
9 ch
agradeció

Look-alike desk: agradecidos vs agradeció

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agradecidos is [aɣ̞ɾað̞eˈsið̞os] while agradeció is [aɣ̞ɾað̞eˈsjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agradecidos is recorded at frequency rank #12,295, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾað̞eˈsið̞os]. agradeció is at rank #16,496, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾað̞eˈsjo].

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 28791, this pair ranks #220,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agradecidos vs agradeció

Shared letters: acdegir. Private to "agradecidos": os. Private to "agradeció": ó.

"agradecidos" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC  ·  "agradeció" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agradecidos ← agardecidos · aggradecidos · agradceidos · agraddecidos · agradeccidos · agradecdios · agradeciddos · agradecidoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agradecidos" and "agradeció" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agradecidos" is a participle and "agradeció" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agradecidos" vs "agradeció" - which ranks higher?
"agradecidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,295 in our Spanish list, against #16,496 for "agradeció". 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 "agradecidos" and "agradeció" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agradecidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agradeció" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agradecidos" and "agradeció" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agradecen vs agradeció". 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 #220,250 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