agredidovsagredirConfusable pair

Quick tell: agredido is a adjective, agredir is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#17,417
“agredido” frequency rank
#13,431
“agredir” frequency rank
30848
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agredido agredir
Definition que sofreu agressão; que foi atacado física, moral ou verbalmente atacar; assaltar; ferir

Letter map: agredido vs agredir

Shared letters muted; letters that set agredido and agredir apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. agredido runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against agredir's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
agredido
7 ch
agredir

Part-of-speech tell for agredido / agredir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agredido is anadjective and agrediraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agredido is recorded at frequency rank #17,417, classified as anadj. agredir is at rank #13,431, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ɡɾɨ.ˈdiɾ/.

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 30848, this pair ranks #37,404 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agredido vs agredir

Shared letters: adegir. Private to "agredido": o. Private to "agredir": -.

"agredido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "agredir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agredidoagerdido · aggredido · agrdeido · agreddido · agreddio · agrediddo · agrediod · agreiddo
  • agrediragerdir · aggredir · agrdeir · agreddir · agredirr · agredri · agreidr · agrredir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agredido" and "agredir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agredido" is an adjective and "agredir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agredido" vs "agredir" - which ranks higher?
"agredir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,431 in our Portuguese list, against #17,417 for "agredido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "agredido" and "agredir". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agredido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agredir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,404 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agredido" and "agredir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agredido vs atrevido". 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 #37,404 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