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

#9,475
“incluía” frequency rank
#8,272
“incluyó” frequency rank
17747
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incluía incluyó
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de incluir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de incluir.

Where the eye mixes incluía and incluyó

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. incluía and incluyó follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
incluía
7 ch
incluyó

Visual trap between incluía and incluyó

A purely visual mix-up. incluía ([ĩŋˈklwia]) and incluyó ([ĩŋkluˈʝo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incluía is recorded at frequency rank #9,475, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈklwia]. incluyó is at rank #8,272, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkluˈʝo].

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 17747, this pair ranks #270,868 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of incluía vs incluyó

Shared letters: cilnu. Private to "incluía": aí. Private to "incluyó": yó.

"incluía" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV  ·  "incluyó" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "incluía" and "incluyó" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈklwia] versus [ĩŋkluˈʝo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "incluía" vs "incluyó" - which ranks higher?
"incluyó" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,272 in our Spanish list, against #9,475 for "incluía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incluía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incluyó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #270,868 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incluía" and "incluyó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incluyó vs intuyo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #270,868 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