agredidosvsagresivosTell them apart

Quick tell: agredidos is a participle, agresivos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agredidos” is a participle and “agresivos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,035
“agredidos” frequency rank
#16,001
“agresivos” frequency rank
55036
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agredidos agresivos
Definition Forma del plural de agredido, participio de agredir. Forma del plural de agresivo.

Where the eye mixes agredidos and agresivos

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

9 ch
agredidos
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agresivos

Visual trap between agredidos and agresivos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agredidos is [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞ið̞os] while agresivos is [aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agredidos is recorded at frequency rank #39,035, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞ið̞os]. agresivos is at rank #16,001, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞os].

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 55036, this pair ranks #80,686 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agredidos vs agresivos

Shared letters: aegiors. Private to "agredidos": d. Private to "agresivos": v.

"agredidos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "agresivos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agredidosagerdidos · aggredidos · agrdeidos · agreddidos · agreddios · agrediddos · agredidoss · agredidso
  • agresivosagersivos · aggresivos · agrecivos · agreisvos · agresibos · agresiovs · agresivoss · agresivso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agredidos" and "agresivos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agredidos" is a participle and "agresivos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agredidos" or "agresivos"?
"agresivos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,001 in our Spanish list, against #39,035 for "agredidos". 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 "agredidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agresivos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,686 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agredidos" and "agresivos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agredidos vs agremiados". 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 #80,686 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