agradarvsagruparWhich spelling fits?

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

#6,731
“agradar” frequency rank
#29,987
“agrupar” frequency rank
36718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agradar agrupar
Definition alisar o terreno com grade; gradar; desterroar reunir em grupo; associar, juntar

Where the eye mixes agradar and agrupar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
agradar
7 ch
agrupar

Visual trap between agradar and agrupar

A purely visual mix-up. agradar (/ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈdaɾ/) and agrupar (/ɐ.ɡɾu.ˈpaɾ/) 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 36718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agradar is recorded at frequency rank #6,731, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈdaɾ/. agrupar is at rank #29,987, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ɡɾu.ˈpaɾ/.

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 36718, this pair ranks #30,031 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agradar vs agrupar

Shared letters: agr. Private to "agradar": d. Private to "agrupar": pu.

"agradar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "agrupar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agradaragardar · aggradar · agraadr · agradarr · agraddar · agradra · agrdaar · agrradar
  • agruparaggrupar · agrpuar · agrrupar · agruapr · agruparr · agruppar · agrupra · agurpar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agradar" and "agrupar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈdaɾ/ versus /ɐ.ɡɾu.ˈpaɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "agradar" or "agrupar" show up more?
"agradar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,731 in our Portuguese list, against #29,987 for "agrupar". 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 "agradar" and "agrupar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agradar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agrupar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,031 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agradar" and "agrupar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agravar vs agrupar". 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 #30,031 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