incorporadovsincorporadosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,685
“incorporado” frequency rank
#19,767
“incorporados” frequency rank
30452
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes incorporado and incorporados

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

11 ch
incorporado
12 ch
incorporados

Look-alike desk: incorporado vs incorporados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incorporado is [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾað̞o] while incorporados is [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “incorporado” sits inside “incorporados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incorporado is recorded at frequency rank #10,685, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾað̞o]. incorporados is at rank #19,767, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾað̞os].

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 30452, this pair ranks #211,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of incorporado vs incorporados

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incorporado ← icnorporado · inccorporado · incoprorado · incoroprado · incorpoardo · incorporaddo · incorporaod · incorpordao
  • incorporados ← icnorporados · inccorporados · incoprorados · incoroprados · incorpoardos · incorporaddos · incorporadoss · incorporadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "incorporado" for "incorporados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incorporado" is a verb and "incorporados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "incorporado" vs "incorporados" - which ranks higher?
"incorporado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,685 in our Spanish list, against #19,767 for "incorporados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incorporado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incorporados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #211,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incorporado" and "incorporados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incorporados vs incorporaron". 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 #211,913 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