agredenvsagredirTell them apart

Which to use

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

#45,107
“agreden” frequency rank
#21,888
“agredir” frequency rank
66995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agreden agredir
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de agredir. Atacar o ejercer la violencia con alguien.

Where the eye mixes agreden and agredir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agreden and agredir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
agreden
7 ch
agredir

Why the eye confuses agreden with agredir

A purely visual mix-up. agreden ([aˈɣ̞ɾeð̞ẽn]) and agredir ([aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞iɾ]) 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 66995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agreden is recorded at frequency rank #45,107, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ɾeð̞ẽn]. agredir is at rank #21,888, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞iɾ].

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 66995, this pair ranks #38,307 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agreden vs agredir

Shared letters: adegr. Private to "agreden": n. Private to "agredir": i.

"agreden" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "agredir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agredenagerden · aggreden · agrdeen · agredden · agredenn · agredne · agreedn · agrreden
  • agrediragerdir · aggredir · agrdeir · agreddir · agredirr · agredri · agreidr · agrredir

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agreden" and "agredir" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aˈɣ̞ɾeð̞ẽn] versus [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agreden" or "agredir" show up more?
"agredir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,888 in our Spanish list, against #45,107 for "agreden". 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 "agreden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agredir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,307 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agreden" and "agredir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrede 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 #38,307 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