AgustínvsagustinosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Agustín is a name, agustinos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Agustín” is a name and “agustinos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,966
“Agustín” frequency rank
#38,479
“agustinos” frequency rank
43445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Agustín agustinos
Definition Nombre de pila de varón. Forma del plural de agustino.

Where the eye mixes Agustín and agustinos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Agustín runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against agustinos's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Agustín
9 ch
agustinos

Visual trap between Agustín and agustinos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Agustín is [aɣ̞usˈt̪ĩn] while agustinos is [aɣ̞usˈt̪inos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Agustín is recorded at frequency rank #4,966, classified as aname, pronounced [aɣ̞usˈt̪ĩn]. agustinos is at rank #38,479, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aɣ̞usˈt̪inos].

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 43445, this pair ranks #142,609 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Agustín vs agustinos

Shared letters: agnstu. Private to "Agustín": í. Private to "agustinos": io.

"Agustín" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC  ·  "agustinos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agustinos ← aggustinos · agsutinos · agusitnos · agusstinos · agustinnos · agustinoss · agustinso · agustions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Agustín" for "agustinos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Agustín" is a name and "agustinos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Agustín" vs "agustinos" - which ranks higher?
"Agustín" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,966 in our Spanish list, against #38,479 for "agustinos". 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 "Agustín" and "agustinos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Agustín" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agustinos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #142,609 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Agustín" and "agustinos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acústicos vs agustinos". 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 #142,609 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