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

#36,908
“agredió” frequency rank
#8,217
“aprendió” frequency rank
45125
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agredió aprendió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de agredir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aprender o de aprenderse.

Where the eye mixes agredió and aprendió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agredió runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against aprendió's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
agredió
8 ch
aprendió

Why the eye confuses agredió with aprendió

A purely visual mix-up. agredió ([aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞jo]) and aprendió ([apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agredió is recorded at frequency rank #36,908, classified as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞jo]. aprendió is at rank #8,217, tagged as averb, pronounced [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 45125, this pair ranks #133,253 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agredió vs aprendió

Shared letters: adeiró. Private to "agredió": g. Private to "aprendió": np.

"agredió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "aprendió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agredió" and "aprendió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aɣ̞ɾeˈð̞jo] versus [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agredió" or "aprendió" show up more?
"aprendió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,217 in our Spanish list, against #36,908 for "agredió". 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 "agredió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aprendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #133,253 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agredió" and "aprendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agredió vs ardió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #133,253 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