incluidovsincluyóConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,668
“incluido” frequency rank
#8,272
“incluyó” frequency rank
10940
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incluido incluyó
Definition Participio 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 incluido and incluyó

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

8 ch
incluido
7 ch
incluyó

Visual trap between incluido and incluyó

A purely visual mix-up. incluido ([ĩŋˈklwið̞o]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incluido is recorded at frequency rank #2,668, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈklwið̞o]. 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 10940, this pair ranks #296,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of incluido vs incluyó

Shared letters: cilnu. Private to "incluido": do. Private to "incluyó": yó.

"incluido" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV  ·  "incluyó" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "incluido" for "incluyó" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈklwið̞o] versus [ĩŋkluˈʝo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "incluido" vs "incluyó" - which ranks higher?
"incluido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,668 in our Spanish list, against #8,272 for "incluyó". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incluido" 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 #296,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incluido" and "incluyó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incluyó vs intuyo". 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 #296,817 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