angostavsangostoConfusable pair

Quick tell: angosta is a verb, angosto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“angosta” is a verb and “angosto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,046
“angosta” frequency rank
#34,877
“angosto” frequency rank
73923
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angosta angosto
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de angostar o de angostarse. Con poco espacio hacia los lados, de un ancho reducido.

Where the eye mixes angosta and angosto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
angosta
7 ch
angosto

Look-alike desk: angosta vs angosto

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angosta is [ãŋˈgost̪a] while angosto is [ãŋˈgost̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “angosta” becomes o in “angosto”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angosta is recorded at frequency rank #39,046, classified as averb, pronounced [ãŋˈgost̪a]. angosto is at rank #34,877, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ãŋˈgost̪o].

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 73923, this pair ranks #22,316 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of angosta vs angosto

Shared letters: agnost. Private to "angosta": -. Private to "angosto": -.

"angosta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "angosto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angostaagnosta · anggosta · angosat · angossta · angostta · angotsa · angsota · anngosta
  • angostoagnosto · anggosto · angosot · angossto · angostto · angotso · angsoto · anngosto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "angosta" for "angosto" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "angosta" is a verb and "angosto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "angosta" vs "angosto" - which ranks higher?
"angosto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,877 in our Spanish list, against #39,046 for "angosta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "angosta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angosto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,316 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angosta" and "angosto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angosta vs Anguita". 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 #22,316 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