agoniavságuiaConfusable pair

Which to use

“agonia” and “águia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,652
“agonia” frequency rank
#8,843
“águia” frequency rank
22495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agonia águia
Definition agonia ave de rapina, diurna, de grande porte

Where the eye mixes agonia and águia

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
agonia
5 ch
águia

Visual trap between agonia and águia

A purely visual mix-up. agonia (/ˈɑgoniɑ/) and águia (/ˈa.ɡjɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agonia is recorded at frequency rank #13,652, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɑgoniɑ/. águia is at rank #8,843, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.ɡjɐ/.

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 22495, this pair ranks #47,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agonia vs águia

Shared letters: agi. Private to "agonia": no. Private to "águia": .

"agonia" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "águia" · 5 letters · shape VCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agoniaaggonia · agnoia · agoina · agonai · agonnia · aognia · gaonia

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agonia" and "águia" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈɑgoniɑ/ versus /ˈa.ɡjɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agonia" vs "águia" - which ranks higher?
"águia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,843 in our Portuguese list, against #13,652 for "agonia". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agonia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "águia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agonia" and "águia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "águia vs ateia". 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 #47,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list