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

#47,526
“agrupado” frequency rank
#24,365
“agrupan” frequency rank
71891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agrupado agrupan
Definition Participio de agrupar o de agruparse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de agrupar o de agruparse.

Where the eye mixes agrupado and agrupan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agrupado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against agrupan's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
agrupado
7 ch
agrupan

Look-alike desk: agrupado vs agrupan

A purely visual mix-up. agrupado ([aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞o]) and agrupan ([aˈɣ̞ɾupãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agrupado is recorded at frequency rank #47,526, classified as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞o]. agrupan is at rank #24,365, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞ɾupãn].

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 71891, this pair ranks #26,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agrupado vs agrupan

Shared letters: agpru. Private to "agrupado": do. Private to "agrupan": n.

"agrupado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "agrupan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agrupadoaggrupado · agrpuado · agrrupado · agruapdo · agrupaddo · agrupaod · agrupdao · agruppado
  • agrupanaggrupan · agrpuan · agrrupan · agruapn · agrupann · agrupna · agruppan · agurpan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agrupado" for "agrupan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aɣ̞ɾuˈpað̞o] versus [aˈɣ̞ɾupãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agrupado" vs "agrupan" - which ranks higher?
"agrupan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,365 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agrupado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agrupan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agrupado" and "agrupan" 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 #26,523 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