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Which to use

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

#13,490
“implican” frequency rank
#26,887
“implicó” frequency rank
40377
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature implican implicó
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de implicar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de implicar.

Where the eye mixes implican and implicó

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
implican
7 ch
implicó

Look-alike desk: implican vs implicó

A purely visual mix-up. implican ([ĩmˈplikãn]) and implicó ([ĩmpliˈko]) 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 40377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

implican is recorded at frequency rank #13,490, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈplikãn]. implicó is at rank #26,887, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpliˈko].

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 40377, this pair ranks #159,429 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of implican vs implicó

Shared letters: cilmp. Private to "implican": an. Private to "implicó": ó.

"implican" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "implicó" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • implicanimlpican · immplican · impilcan · implcian · impliacn · implicann · impliccan · implicna

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "implican" for "implicó" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmˈplikãn] versus [ĩmpliˈko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "implican" vs "implicó" - which ranks higher?
"implican" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,490 in our Spanish list, against #26,887 for "implicó". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "implican" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "implicó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,429 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "implican" and "implicó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implícito vs implicó". 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 #159,429 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