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Which to use

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

#8,272
“incluyó” frequency rank
#11,068
“influye” frequency rank
19340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incluyó influye
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de incluir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de influir.

Where the eye mixes incluyó and influye

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
incluyó
7 ch
influye

Why the eye confuses incluyó with influye

A purely visual mix-up. incluyó ([ĩŋkluˈʝo]) and influye ([ĩɱˈfluʝe]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incluyó is recorded at frequency rank #8,272, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkluˈʝo]. influye is at rank #11,068, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩɱˈfluʝe].

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 19340, this pair ranks #264,195 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of incluyó vs influye

Shared letters: ilnuy. Private to "incluyó": . Private to "influye": ef.

"incluyó" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV  ·  "influye" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • influyeifnluye · inffluye · inflluye · influey · influyye · inflyue · infulye · inlfuye

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "incluyó" for "influye" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋkluˈʝo] versus [ĩɱˈfluʝe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "incluyó" vs "influye" - which ranks higher?
"incluyó" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,272 in our Spanish list, against #11,068 for "influye". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "incluyó" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "influye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,195 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incluyó" and "influye" 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 #264,195 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