agravadovsagrupadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#21,887
“agravado” frequency rank
#47,526
“agrupado” frequency rank
69413
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agravado agrupado
Definition Participio de agravar o de agravarse. Participio de agrupar o de agruparse.

Where the eye mixes agravado and agrupado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agravado and agrupado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
agravado
8 ch
agrupado

Visual trap between agravado and agrupado

A purely visual mix-up. agravado ([aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞o]) and agrupado ([aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69413, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agravado is recorded at frequency rank #21,887, classified as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞o]. agrupado is at rank #47,526, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞o].

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 69413, this pair ranks #32,044 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agravado vs agrupado

Shared letters: adgor. Private to "agravado": v. Private to "agrupado": pu.

"agravado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "agrupado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agravado ← agarvado · aggravado · agraavdo · agrabado · agravaddo · agravaod · agravdao · agravvado
  • agrupado ← aggrupado · agrpuado · agrrupado · agruapdo · agrupaddo · agrupaod · agrupdao · agruppado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agravado" and "agrupado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞o] versus [aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agravado" or "agrupado"?
"agravado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,887 in our Spanish list, against #47,526 for "agrupado". 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 "agravado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agrupado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,044 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agravado" and "agrupado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrupado vs arrugado". 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 #32,044 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