agredenvsatrevenTell them apart

Which to use

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

#45,107
“agreden” frequency rank
#14,520
“atreven” frequency rank
59627
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agreden atreven
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 atrever o de atreverse.

Where the eye mixes agreden and atreven

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

Why the eye confuses agreden with atreven

A purely visual mix-up. agreden ([aˈɣ̞ɾeð̞ẽn]) and atreven ([aˈt̪ɾeβ̞ẽn]) 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 59627, 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]. atreven is at rank #14,520, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈt̪ɾeβ̞ẽn].

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 59627, this pair ranks #61,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agreden vs atreven

Shared letters: aenr. Private to "agreden": dg. Private to "atreven": tv.

"agreden" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "atreven" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agredenagerden · aggreden · agrdeen · agredden · agredenn · agredne · agreedn · agrreden
  • atrevenarteven · aterven · atreben · atreevn · atrevenn · atrevne · atrevven · atrreven

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agreden" and "atreven" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aˈɣ̞ɾeð̞ẽn] versus [aˈt̪ɾeβ̞ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agreden" or "atreven" show up more?
"atreven" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,520 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agreden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atreven" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agreden" and "atreven" 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 #61,932 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