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

#26,298
“agudas” frequency rank
#24,743
“atadas” frequency rank
51041
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agudas atadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de agudo Forma del femenino plural de atado.

Where the eye mixes agudas and atadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agudas and atadas 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
atadas

Look-alike desk: agudas vs atadas

A purely visual mix-up. agudas ([aˈɣ̞uð̞as]) and atadas ([aˈt̪að̞as]) 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 51041, 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]. atadas is at rank #24,743, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈt̪að̞as].

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 51041, this pair ranks #99,982 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agudas vs atadas

Shared letters: ads. Private to "agudas": gu. Private to "atadas": t.

"agudas" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "atadas" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agudas ← agduas · aggudas · aguads · agudass · aguddas · agudsa · augdas · gaudas
  • atadas ← aatdas · ataads · atadass · ataddas · atadsa · atdaas · attadas · taadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agudas" for "atadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈɣ̞uð̞as] versus [aˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agudas" or "atadas"?
"atadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,743 in our Spanish list, against #26,298 for "agudas". 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 "atadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,982 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agudas" and "atadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agudas vs amadas". 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 #99,982 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