agregadosvsagremiadosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#17,028
“agregados” frequency rank
#48,180
“agremiados” frequency rank
65208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agregados agremiados
Definition Forma del plural de agregado. Forma del plural de agremiado, participio de agremiar.

Where the eye mixes agregados and agremiados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. agregados runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against agremiados's 10 (VCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
agregados
10 ch
agremiados

Visual trap between agregados and agremiados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agregados is [aɣ̞ɾeˈɣ̞að̞os] while agremiados is [aɣ̞ɾeˈmjað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65208, 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]. agremiados is at rank #48,180, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈmjað̞os].

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 65208, this pair ranks #43,335 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agregados vs agremiados

Shared letters: adegors. Private to "agregados": -. Private to "agremiados": im.

"agregados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "agremiados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agregadosagergados · aggregados · agreagdos · agregaddos · agregadoss · agregadso · agregaods · agregdaos
  • agremiadosagermiados · aggremiados · agreimados · agremaidos · agremiaddos · agremiadoss · agremiadso · agremiaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agregados" for "agremiados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agregados" is a noun and "agremiados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agregados" or "agremiados" show up more?
"agregados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,028 in our Spanish list, against #48,180 for "agremiados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "agremiados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,335 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agregados" and "agremiados" 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 #43,335 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