implicadavsimplicarTell them apart

Quick tell: implicada is a participle, implicar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“implicada” is a participle and “implicar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,185
“implicada” frequency rank
#19,446
“implicar” frequency rank
43631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature implicada implicar
Definition Forma del femenino de implicado, participio de implicar. Comprometer o envolver a alguien en algún asunto o circunstancia.

Where the eye mixes implicada and implicar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
implicada
8 ch
implicar

Visual trap between implicada and implicar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: implicada is [ĩmpliˈkað̞a] while implicar is [ĩmpliˈkaɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

implicada is recorded at frequency rank #24,185, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpliˈkað̞a]. implicar is at rank #19,446, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpliˈkaɾ].

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 43631, this pair ranks #141,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of implicada vs implicar

Shared letters: acilmp. Private to "implicada": d. Private to "implicar": r.

"implicada" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "implicar" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • implicadaimlpicada · immplicada · impilcada · implciada · impliacda · implicaad · implicadda · impliccada
  • implicarimlpicar · immplicar · impilcar · implciar · impliacr · implicarr · impliccar · implicra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "implicada" and "implicar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "implicada" is a participle and "implicar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "implicada" or "implicar" show up more?
"implicar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,446 in our Spanish list, against #24,185 for "implicada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "implicada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "implicar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #141,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "implicada" and "implicar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implicada vs implicando". 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 #141,579 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