agrupadasvsagrupadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: agrupadas is a participle, agrupado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agrupadas” is a participle and “agrupado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,059
“agrupadas” frequency rank
#47,526
“agrupado” frequency rank
79585
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agrupadas agrupado
Definition Forma del femenino plural de agrupado, participio de agrupar o de agruparse. Participio de agrupar o de agruparse.

Where the eye mixes agrupadas and agrupado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agrupadas runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against agrupado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
agrupadas
8 ch
agrupado

Why the eye confuses agrupadas with agrupado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agrupadas is [aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞as] while agrupado is [aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agrupadas is recorded at frequency rank #32,059, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞as]. agrupado is at rank #47,526, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞o].

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 79585, this pair ranks #12,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agrupadas vs agrupado

Shared letters: adgpru. Private to "agrupadas": s. Private to "agrupado": o.

"agrupadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "agrupado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agrupadasaggrupadas · agrpuadas · agrrupadas · agruapdas · agrupaads · agrupadass · agrupaddas · agrupadsa
  • agrupadoaggrupado · agrpuado · agrrupado · agruapdo · agrupaddo · agrupaod · agrupdao · agruppado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agrupadas" and "agrupado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agrupadas" is a participle and "agrupado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agrupadas" vs "agrupado" - which ranks higher?
"agrupadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,059 in our Spanish list, against #47,526 for "agrupado". 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 "agrupadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agrupado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agrupadas" and "agrupado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrupado vs arrugado". 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 #12,783 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