agregadosvsagregasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agregados is a noun, agregas is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agregados” is a noun and “agregas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,028
“agregados” frequency rank
#49,393
“agregas” frequency rank
66421
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agregados agregas
Definition Forma del plural de agregado. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de agregar.

Where the eye mixes agregados and agregas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agregados runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against agregas's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
agregados
7 ch
agregas

Visual trap between agregados and agregas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agregados is [aɣ̞ɾeˈɣ̞að̞os] while agregas is [aˈɣ̞ɾeɣ̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agregados is recorded at frequency rank #17,028, classified as anoun, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈɣ̞að̞os]. agregas is at rank #49,393, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ɾeɣ̞as].

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 66421, this pair ranks #39,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agregados vs agregas

Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agregados": do. Private to "agregas": -.

"agregados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "agregas" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agregados ← agergados · aggregados · agreagdos · agregaddos · agregadoss · agregadso · agregaods · agregdaos
  • agregas ← agergas · aggregas · agreags · agregass · agreggas · agregsa · agrgeas · agrregas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agregados" for "agregas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agregados" is a noun and "agregas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agregados" or "agregas" show up more?
"agregados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,028 in our Spanish list, against #49,393 for "agregas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agregados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agregas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agregados" and "agregas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agregas vs arreglas". 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 #39,925 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