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“implicado” and “implican” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,489
“implicado” frequency rank
#13,490
“implican” frequency rank
26979
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature implicado implican
Definition Participio de implicar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de implicar.

Where the eye mixes implicado and implican

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

9 ch
implicado
8 ch
implican

Look-alike desk: implicado vs implican

A purely visual mix-up. implicado ([ĩmpliˈkað̞o]) and implican ([ĩmˈplikãn]) 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 26979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

implicado is recorded at frequency rank #13,489, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpliˈkað̞o]. implican is at rank #13,490, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈplikãn].

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 26979, this pair ranks #228,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of implicado vs implican

Shared letters: acilmp. Private to "implicado": do. Private to "implican": n.

"implicado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "implican" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • implicadoimlpicado · immplicado · impilcado · implciado · impliacdo · implicaddo · implicaod · impliccado
  • implicanimlpican · immplican · impilcan · implcian · impliacn · implicann · impliccan · implicna

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "implicado" and "implican" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpliˈkað̞o] versus [ĩmˈplikãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "implicado" vs "implican" - which ranks higher?
"implicado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,489 in our Spanish list, against #13,490 for "implican". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "implicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "implican" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #228,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "implicado" and "implican" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implican 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 #228,992 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