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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.
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?
Frequency check: "incendiario" vs "incendiarios" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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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.