inclinadovsinclinadosConfusable pair

Quick tell: inclinado is a verb, inclinados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“inclinado” is a verb and “inclinados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,766
“inclinado” frequency rank
#37,664
“inclinados” frequency rank
57430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inclinado inclinados
Definition Participio de inclinar. Forma del plural de inclinado, participio de inclinar o de inclinarse.

Where the eye mixes inclinado and inclinados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. inclinado runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against inclinados's 10 (VCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
inclinado
10 ch
inclinados

Look-alike desk: inclinado vs inclinados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inclinado is [ĩŋkliˈnað̞o] while inclinados is [ĩŋkliˈnað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “inclinado” sits inside “inclinados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inclinado is recorded at frequency rank #19,766, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkliˈnað̞o]. inclinados is at rank #37,664, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋkliˈnað̞os].

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 57430, this pair ranks #70,538 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inclinado vs inclinados

Shared letters: acdilno. Private to "inclinado": -. Private to "inclinados": s.

"inclinado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "inclinados" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inclinado ← icnlinado · incclinado · incilnado · incliando · inclinaddo · inclinaod · inclindao · inclinnado
  • inclinados ← icnlinados · incclinados · incilnados · incliandos · inclinaddos · inclinadoss · inclinadso · inclinaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "inclinado" and "inclinados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inclinado" is a verb and "inclinados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "inclinado" vs "inclinados" - which ranks higher?
"inclinado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,766 in our Spanish list, against #37,664 for "inclinados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "inclinado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inclinados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,538 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inclinado" and "inclinados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inclinadas vs inclinados". 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 #70,538 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