incluidavsincluirWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#5,117
“incluida” frequency rank
#3,637
“incluir” frequency rank
8754
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incluida incluir
Definition Forma del femenino de incluido, participio de incluir. Poner una cosa dentro de otra dentro de sus límites.

Where the eye mixes incluida and incluir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. incluida runs 8 letters (VCCCVVCV) against incluir's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
incluida
7 ch
incluir

Visual trap between incluida and incluir

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incluida is [ĩŋˈklwið̞a] while incluir is [ĩŋˈklwiɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incluida is recorded at frequency rank #5,117, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋˈklwið̞a]. incluir is at rank #3,637, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈklwiɾ].

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 8754, this pair ranks #304,030 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of incluida vs incluir

Shared letters: cilnu. Private to "incluida": ad. Private to "incluir": r.

"incluida" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV  ·  "incluir" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incluida ← icnluida · inccluida · incliuda · inclluida · includia · incluiad · incluidda · inculida
  • incluir ← icnluir · inccluir · incliur · inclluir · incluirr · incluri · inculir · inlcuir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "incluida" for "incluir" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incluida" is a participle and "incluir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "incluida" or "incluir"?
"incluir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,637 in our Spanish list, against #5,117 for "incluida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "incluida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incluir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #304,030 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incluida" and "incluir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incluir vs intuir". 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 #304,030 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