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

#30,515
“incisión” frequency rank
#47,202
“incisivos” frequency rank
77717
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incisión incisivos
Definition Corte usualmente profundo que se realiza en algo. Forma del plural de incisivo.

Where the eye mixes incisión and incisivos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. incisión runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against incisivos's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
incisión
9 ch
incisivos

Look-alike desk: incisión vs incisivos

A purely visual mix-up. incisión ([ĩnsiˈsjõn]) and incisivos ([ĩnsiˈsiβ̞os]) 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 77717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incisión is recorded at frequency rank #30,515, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩnsiˈsjõn]. incisivos is at rank #47,202, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩnsiˈsiβ̞os].

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 77717, this pair ranks #15,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of incisión vs incisivos

Shared letters: cins. Private to "incisión": ó. Private to "incisivos": ov.

"incisión" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "incisivos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incisivos ← icnisivos · inccisivos · incicivos · inciisvos · incisibos · incisiovs · incisivoss · incisivso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "incisión" and "incisivos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩnsiˈsjõn] versus [ĩnsiˈsiβ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "incisión" vs "incisivos" - which ranks higher?
"incisión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,515 in our Spanish list, against #47,202 for "incisivos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "incisión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incisivos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incisión" and "incisivos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incisivo vs incisivos". 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 #15,554 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