inclusovsincluyaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#320
“incluso” frequency rank
#13,270
“incluya” frequency rank
13590
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incluso incluya
Definition Comprendido Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de incluir.

Where the eye mixes incluso and incluya

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

7 ch
incluso
7 ch
incluya

Look-alike desk: incluso vs incluya

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incluso is [ĩŋˈkluso] while incluya is [ĩŋˈkluʝa]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incluso is recorded at frequency rank #320, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋˈkluso]. incluya is at rank #13,270, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈkluʝa].

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 13590, this pair ranks #287,282 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of incluso vs incluya

Shared letters: cilnu. Private to "incluso": os. Private to "incluya": ay.

"incluso" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV  ·  "incluya" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incluso ← icnluso · inccluso · inclluso · inclsuo · incluos · inclusso · inculso · inlcuso
  • incluya ← icnluya · inccluya · inclluya · incluay · incluyya · inclyua · inculya · inlcuya

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "incluso" and "incluya" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incluso" is an adjective and "incluya" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "incluso" or "incluya"?
"incluso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #320 in our Spanish list, against #13,270 for "incluya". 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 "incluso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incluya" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #287,282 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incluso" and "incluya" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incluya vs influya". 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 #287,282 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