Which to use
“incautado” is a verb and “incautados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,465
- “incautado” frequency rank
- #43,646
- “incautados” frequency rank
- 92111
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incautado | incautados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de incautarse. | Forma del plural de incautado, participio de incautarse. |
Where the eye mixes incautado and incautados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. incautado runs 9 letters (VCCVVCVCV) against incautados's 10 (VCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: incautado vs incautados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incautado is [ĩŋkawˈt̪að̞o] while incautados is [ĩŋkawˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “incautado” sits inside “incautados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incautado is recorded at frequency rank #48,465, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkawˈt̪að̞o]. incautados is at rank #43,646, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋkawˈt̪að̞os].
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 92111, this pair ranks #1,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incautado vs incautados
Shared letters: acdinotu. Private to "incautado": -. Private to "incautados": s.
"incautado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV · "incautados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incautado ← icnautado · inacutado · incatuado · incauatdo · incautaddo · incautaod · incautdao · incauttado
- incautados ← icnautados · inacutados · incatuados · incauatdos · incautaddos · incautadoss · incautadso · incautaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incautado" and "incautados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "incautado" or "incautados"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "incautado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incautados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incautado" and "incautados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incautado vs incrustado". 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 #1,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.