incluirvsinclusoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: incluir is a verb, incluso is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#3,637
“incluir” frequency rank
#320
“incluso” frequency rank
3957
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incluir incluso
Definition Poner una cosa dentro de otra dentro de sus límites. Comprendido

Where the eye mixes incluir and incluso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. incluir (VCCCVVC) and incluso (VCCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
incluir
7 ch
incluso

Why the eye confuses incluir with incluso

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incluir is [ĩŋˈklwiɾ] while incluso is [ĩŋˈkluso]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incluir is recorded at frequency rank #3,637, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈklwiɾ]. incluso is at rank #320, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋˈkluso].

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 3957, this pair ranks #317,201 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of incluir vs incluso

Shared letters: cilnu. Private to "incluir": r. Private to "incluso": os.

"incluir" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC  ·  "incluso" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incluir ← icnluir · inccluir · incliur · inclluir · incluirr · incluri · inculir · inlcuir
  • incluso ← icnluso · inccluso · inclluso · inclsuo · incluos · inclusso · inculso · inlcuso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "incluir" and "incluso" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incluir" is a verb and "incluso" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "incluir" or "incluso"?
"incluso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #320 in our Spanish list, against #3,637 for "incluir". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "incluir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incluso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #317,201 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incluir" and "incluso" 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 #317,201 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