agredenvsardenTell them apart

Which to use

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

#45,107
“agreden” frequency rank
#25,901
“arden” frequency rank
71008
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agreden arden
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de agredir. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de arder.

Where the eye mixes agreden and arden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
agreden
5 ch
arden

Why the eye confuses agreden with arden

A purely visual mix-up. agreden ([aˈɣ̞ɾeð̞ẽn]) and arden ([ˈaɾð̞ẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71008, 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]. arden is at rank #25,901, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɾð̞ẽn].

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 71008, this pair ranks #28,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agreden vs arden

Shared letters: adenr. Private to "agreden": g. Private to "arden": -.

"agreden" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "arden" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agredenagerden · aggreden · agrdeen · agredden · agredenn · agredne · agreedn · agrreden
  • ardenadren · ardden · ardenn · ardne · aredn · arrden · raden

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agreden" for "arden" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈɣ̞ɾeð̞ẽn] versus [ˈaɾð̞ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agreden" or "arden"?
"arden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,901 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

Eye-level mix-up between "agreden" and "arden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agreden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agreden" and "arden" 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 #28,435 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