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Which to use

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

#11,341
“agresiva” frequency rank
#9,569
“agresivo” frequency rank
20910
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agresiva agresivo
Definition Forma del femenino de agresivo. Que tiene agresividad, que parece que va a agredir a alguien.

Where the eye mixes agresiva and agresivo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agresiva and agresivo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
agresiva
8 ch
agresivo

Visual trap between agresiva and agresivo

A purely visual mix-up. agresiva ([aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞a]) and agresivo ([aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞o]) 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 a single letter - a in “agresiva” becomes o in “agresivo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20910, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agresiva is recorded at frequency rank #11,341, classified as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞a]. agresivo is at rank #9,569, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞o].

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 20910, this pair ranks #257,234 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of agresiva vs agresivo

Shared letters: aegirsv. Private to "agresiva": -. Private to "agresivo": o.

"agresiva" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "agresivo" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agresivaagersiva · aggresiva · agreciva · agreisva · agresiav · agresiba · agresivva · agressiva
  • agresivoagersivo · aggresivo · agrecivo · agreisvo · agresibo · agresiov · agresivvo · agressivo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agresiva" for "agresivo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞a] versus [aɣ̞ɾeˈsiβ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agresiva" or "agresivo"?
"agresivo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,569 in our Spanish list, against #11,341 for "agresiva". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "agresiva" and "agresivo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agresiva" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agresivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,234 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agresiva" and "agresivo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adhesivo vs agresivo". 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 #257,234 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