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

#30,112
“inclinó” frequency rank
#2,668
“incluido” frequency rank
32780
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inclinó incluido
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de inclinar o de inclinarse. Participio de incluir.

Where the eye mixes inclinó and incluido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. inclinó runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against incluido's 8 (VCCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
inclinó
8 ch
incluido

Why the eye confuses inclinó with incluido

A purely visual mix-up. inclinó ([ĩŋkliˈno]) and incluido ([ĩŋˈklwið̞o]) 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 32780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inclinó is recorded at frequency rank #30,112, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkliˈno]. incluido is at rank #2,668, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈklwið̞o].

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 32780, this pair ranks #200,231 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of inclinó vs incluido

Shared letters: ciln. Private to "inclinó": ó. Private to "incluido": dou.

"inclinó" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV  ·  "incluido" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incluido ← icnluido · inccluido · incliudo · inclluido · includio · incluiddo · incluiod · inculido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inclinó" for "incluido" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋkliˈno] versus [ĩŋˈklwið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "inclinó" vs "incluido" - which ranks higher?
"incluido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,668 in our Spanish list, against #30,112 for "inclinó". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "inclinó" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incluido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #200,231 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inclinó" and "incluido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inclinar vs inclinó". 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 #200,231 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