agravadavsagravadoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#34,868
“agravada” frequency rank
#21,887
“agravado” frequency rank
56755
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agravada agravado
Definition Forma del femenino de agravado, participio de agravar o de agravarse. Participio de agravar o de agravarse.

Where the eye mixes agravada and agravado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agravada and agravado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
agravada
8 ch
agravado

Look-alike desk: agravada vs agravado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agravada is [aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞a] while agravado is [aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “agravada” becomes o in “agravado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agravada is recorded at frequency rank #34,868, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞a]. agravado is at rank #21,887, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞o].

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 56755, this pair ranks #73,261 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agravada vs agravado

Shared letters: adgrv. Private to "agravada": -. Private to "agravado": o.

"agravada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "agravado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agravada ← agarvada · aggravada · agraavda · agrabada · agravaad · agravadda · agravdaa · agravvada
  • agravado ← agarvado · aggravado · agraavdo · agrabado · agravaddo · agravaod · agravdao · agravvado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agravada" for "agravado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agravada" is a participle and "agravado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agravada" or "agravado"?
"agravado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,887 in our Spanish list, against #34,868 for "agravada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agravada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agravado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,261 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agravada" and "agravado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrazada vs agravada". 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 #73,261 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