Which to use
“aguada” and “águila” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,741
- “aguada” frequency rank
- #8,900
- “águila” frequency rank
- 39641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aguada | águila |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sitio de una fuente de agua potable. | Cualquiera de las Aves carnívoras pertenecientes a la familia de los Accipitridae, que tiene un pico fuerte en forma de gancho y una visión muy aguda. |
Where the eye mixes aguada and águila
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. aguada and águila follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: aguada vs águila
A purely visual mix-up. aguada ([aˈɣ̞wað̞a]) and águila ([ˈaɣ̞ila]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aguada is recorded at frequency rank #30,741, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈɣ̞wað̞a]. águila is at rank #8,900, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɣ̞ila].
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 39641, this pair ranks #163,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aguada vs águila
Shared letters: agu. Private to "aguada": d. Private to "águila": ilá.
"aguada" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "águila" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aguada ← agauda · agguada · aguaad · aguadda · agudaa · augada · gauada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aguada" for "águila" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "aguada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "águila" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aguada" and "águila" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aguada vs apurada". 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 #163,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.