Which to use
“agresión” is a noun and “agresiva” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,455
- “agresión” frequency rank
- #11,341
- “agresiva” frequency rank
- 16796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agresión | agresiva |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción agredir a alguna persona o cosa con el fin de ocasionarle un daño. | Forma del femenino de agresivo. |
Where the eye mixes agresión and agresiva
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agresión (VCCVCVVC) and agresiva (VCCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between agresión and agresiva
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agresión is [aɣ̞ɾeˈsjõn] while agresiva is [aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞a]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agresión is recorded at frequency rank #5,455, classified as anoun, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈsjõn]. agresiva is at rank #11,341, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞a].
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 16796, this pair ranks #274,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agresión vs agresiva
Shared letters: aegirs. Private to "agresión": nó. Private to "agresiva": v.
"agresión" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "agresiva" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresiva ← agersiva · aggresiva · agreciva · agreisva · agresiav · agresiba · agresivva · agressiva
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agresión" for "agresiva" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "agresión" or "agresiva" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "agresión" and "agresiva" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agresión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agresiva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agresión" and "agresiva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agredida vs agresiva". 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 #274,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.