incorporadasvsincorporadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: incorporadas is a participle, incorporado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“incorporadas” is a participle and “incorporado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,790
“incorporadas” frequency rank
#10,685
“incorporado” frequency rank
39475
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incorporadas incorporado
Definition Forma del femenino plural de incorporado, participio de incorporar. Participio de incorporar.

Where the eye mixes incorporadas and incorporado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. incorporadas runs 12 letters (VCCVCCVCVCVC) against incorporado's 11 (VCCVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
incorporadas
11 ch
incorporado

Why the eye confuses incorporadas with incorporado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incorporadas is [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾað̞as] while incorporado is [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incorporadas is recorded at frequency rank #28,790, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾað̞as]. incorporado is at rank #10,685, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾað̞o].

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 39475, this pair ranks #164,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of incorporadas vs incorporado

Shared letters: acdinopr. Private to "incorporadas": s. Private to "incorporado": -.

"incorporadas" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVC  ·  "incorporado" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incorporadas ← icnorporadas · inccorporadas · incoproradas · incoropradas · incorpoardas · incorporaads · incorporadass · incorporaddas
  • incorporado ← icnorporado · inccorporado · incoprorado · incoroprado · incorpoardo · incorporaddo · incorporaod · incorpordao

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "incorporadas" and "incorporado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incorporadas" is a participle and "incorporado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "incorporadas" vs "incorporado" - which ranks higher?
"incorporado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,685 in our Spanish list, against #28,790 for "incorporadas". 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 "incorporadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incorporado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #164,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incorporadas" and "incorporado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incorporada vs incorporadas". 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 #164,264 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