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

#42,491
“incendiario” frequency rank
#47,873
“incendiarios” frequency rank
90364
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incendiario incendiarios
Definition El que incendia maliciosamente las casas, mieses, etc. Forma del masculino plural de incendiario.

Where the eye mixes incendiario and incendiarios

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. incendiario runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVVCVV) against incendiarios's 12 (VCCVCCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
incendiario
12 ch
incendiarios

Look-alike desk: incendiario vs incendiarios

A purely visual mix-up. incendiario ([ĩnsẽn̪ˈd̪jaɾjo]) and incendiarios ([ĩnsẽn̪ˈd̪jaɾjos]) 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 extra letter(s) - “incendiario” sits inside “incendiarios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incendiario is recorded at frequency rank #42,491, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩnsẽn̪ˈd̪jaɾjo]. incendiarios is at rank #47,873, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩnsẽn̪ˈd̪jaɾjos].

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 90364, this pair ranks #2,551 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of incendiario vs incendiarios

Shared letters: acdeinor. Private to "incendiario": -. Private to "incendiarios": s.

"incendiario" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVV  ·  "incendiarios" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incendiario ← icnendiario · inccendiario · incedniario · incendairio · incenddiario · incendiairo · incendiaroi · incendiarrio
  • incendiarios ← icnendiarios · inccendiarios · incedniarios · incendairios · incenddiarios · incendiairos · incendiarioss · incendiariso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "incendiario" and "incendiarios" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩnsẽn̪ˈd̪jaɾjo] versus [ĩnsẽn̪ˈd̪jaɾjos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "incendiario" vs "incendiarios" - which ranks higher?
"incendiario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,491 in our Spanish list, against #47,873 for "incendiarios". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "incendiario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incendiarios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,551 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incendiario" and "incendiarios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incendiando vs incendiario". 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 #2,551 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