Which to use
“agrado” is a noun and “agredió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,607
- “agrado” frequency rank
- #36,908
- “agredió” frequency rank
- 47515
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agrado | agredió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sensación grata; respuesta o estado de satisfacción, contento o gusto. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de agredir. |
Where the eye mixes agrado and agredió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agrado runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against agredió's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agrado vs agredió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agrado is [aˈɣ̞ɾað̞o] while agredió is [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞jo]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47515, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agrado is recorded at frequency rank #10,607, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]. agredió is at rank #36,908, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞jo].
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 47515, this pair ranks #119,606 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agrado vs agredió
Shared letters: adgr. Private to "agrado": o. Private to "agredió": eió.
"agrado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "agredió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agrado ← agardo · aggrado · agraddo · agraod · agrdao · agrrado · argado · garado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agrado" and "agredió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "agrado" vs "agredió" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agredió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,606 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agrado" and "agredió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agredió vs ardió". 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 #119,606 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.