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

#26,298
“agudas” frequency rank
#48,198
“amadas” frequency rank
74496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agudas amadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de agudo Forma del femenino plural de amado.

Where the eye mixes agudas and amadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agudas and amadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
agudas
6 ch
amadas

Look-alike desk: agudas vs amadas

A purely visual mix-up. agudas ([aˈɣ̞uð̞as]) and amadas ([aˈmað̞as]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agudas is recorded at frequency rank #26,298, classified as anadj, pronounced [aˈɣ̞uð̞as]. amadas is at rank #48,198, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈmað̞as].

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 74496, this pair ranks #21,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agudas vs amadas

Shared letters: ads. Private to "agudas": gu. Private to "amadas": m.

"agudas" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "amadas" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agudasagduas · aggudas · aguads · agudass · aguddas · agudsa · augdas · gaudas
  • amadasaamdas · amaads · amadass · amaddas · amadsa · amdaas · maadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agudas" and "amadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aˈɣ̞uð̞as] versus [aˈmað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agudas" or "amadas"?
"agudas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,298 in our Spanish list, against #48,198 for "amadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agudas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agudas" and "amadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amadas vs amarras". 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 #21,216 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