incorporarvsincorporaronTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,668
“incorporar” frequency rank
#31,834
“incorporaron” frequency rank
40502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incorporar incorporaron
Definition Sumar, agregar o unir una parte a un conjunto de elementos integrándolos en un todo Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de incorporar.

Where the eye mixes incorporar and incorporaron

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

10 ch
incorporar
12 ch
incorporaron

Look-alike desk: incorporar vs incorporaron

A purely visual mix-up. incorporar ([ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾaɾ]) and incorporaron ([ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾaɾõn]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “incorporar” sits inside “incorporaron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incorporar is recorded at frequency rank #8,668, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾaɾ]. incorporaron is at rank #31,834, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾaɾõn].

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 40502, this pair ranks #158,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of incorporar vs incorporaron

Shared letters: acinopr. Private to "incorporar": -. Private to "incorporaron": -.

"incorporar" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "incorporaron" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incorporar ← icnorporar · inccorporar · incoprorar · incoroprar · incorpoarr · incorporarr · incorporra · incorporrar
  • incorporaron ← icnorporaron · inccorporaron · incoproraron · incoropraron · incorpoarron · incorporaorn · incorporarno · incorporaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "incorporar" and "incorporaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾaɾ] versus [ĩŋkoɾpoˈɾaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "incorporar" vs "incorporaron" - which ranks higher?
"incorporar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,668 in our Spanish list, against #31,834 for "incorporaron". 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 "incorporar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incorporaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incorporar" and "incorporaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incorporar vs incorporen". 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 #158,731 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