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

#11,429
“incorrecto” frequency rank
#37,150
“incorrectos” frequency rank
48579
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incorrecto incorrectos
Definition Que no es correcto. Forma del plural de incorrecto.

Where the eye mixes incorrecto and incorrectos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

10 ch
incorrecto
11 ch
incorrectos

Visual trap between incorrecto and incorrectos

A purely visual mix-up. incorrecto ([ĩŋkoˈrekt̪o]) and incorrectos ([ĩŋkoˈrekt̪os]) 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 extra letter(s) - “incorrecto” sits inside “incorrectos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incorrecto is recorded at frequency rank #11,429, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋkoˈrekt̪o]. incorrectos is at rank #37,150, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋkoˈrekt̪os].

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 48579, this pair ranks #113,696 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of incorrecto vs incorrectos

Shared letters: ceinort. Private to "incorrecto": -. Private to "incorrectos": s.

"incorrecto" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV  ·  "incorrectos" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incorrectoicnorrecto · inccorrecto · incorecto · incorercto · incorrceto · incorreccto · incorrecot · incorrectto
  • incorrectosicnorrectos · inccorrectos · incorectos · incorerctos · incorrcetos · incorrecctos · incorrecots · incorrectoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "incorrecto" and "incorrectos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋkoˈrekt̪o] versus [ĩŋkoˈrekt̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "incorrecto" or "incorrectos"?
"incorrecto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,429 in our Spanish list, against #37,150 for "incorrectos". 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 "incorrecto" and "incorrectos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incorrecto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incorrectos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #113,696 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incorrecto" and "incorrectos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incorrectas vs incorrectos". 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 #113,696 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