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

#24,530
“incluyan” frequency rank
#8,272
“incluyó” frequency rank
32802
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incluyan incluyó
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo 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 incluyan and incluyó

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

8 ch
incluyan
7 ch
incluyó

Look-alike desk: incluyan vs incluyó

A purely visual mix-up. incluyan ([ĩŋˈkluʝãn]) 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 32802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incluyan is recorded at frequency rank #24,530, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈkluʝãn]. 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 32802, this pair ranks #200,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of incluyan vs incluyó

Shared letters: cilnuy. Private to "incluyan": a. Private to "incluyó": ó.

"incluyan" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC  ·  "incluyó" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incluyan ← icnluyan · inccluyan · inclluyan · incluayn · incluyann · incluyna · incluyyan · inclyuan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "incluyan" and "incluyó" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈkluʝãn] versus [ĩŋkluˈʝo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "incluyan" or "incluyó" show up more?
"incluyó" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,272 in our Spanish list, against #24,530 for "incluyan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "incluyan" and "incluyó" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incluyan" 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 #200,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incluyan" and "incluyó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incluyan 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 #200,121 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