agregasvsáreasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,393
“agregas” frequency rank
#1,433
“áreas” frequency rank
50826
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes agregas and áreas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agregas runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against áreas's 5 (VCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
agregas
5 ch
áreas

Visual trap between agregas and áreas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agregas is [aˈɣ̞ɾeɣ̞as] while áreas is [ˈaɾeas]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agregas is recorded at frequency rank #49,393, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ɾeɣ̞as]. áreas is at rank #1,433, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɾeas].

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 50826, this pair ranks #101,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agregas vs áreas

Shared letters: aers. Private to "agregas": g. Private to "áreas": á.

"agregas" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "áreas" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agregas ← agergas · aggregas · agreags · agregass · agreggas · agregsa · agrgeas · agrregas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agregas" and "áreas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agregas" is a verb and "áreas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agregas" or "áreas"?
"áreas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,433 in our Spanish list, against #49,393 for "agregas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "agregas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "áreas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agregas" and "áreas" 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 #101,154 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