incrementadavsincrementadoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,723
“incrementada” frequency rank
#14,620
“incrementado” frequency rank
64343
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incrementada incrementado
Definition Forma del femenino de incrementado, participio de incrementar. Participio de incrementar.

Where the eye mixes incrementada and incrementado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.

12 ch
incrementada
12 ch
incrementado

Look-alike desk: incrementada vs incrementado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incrementada is [ĩŋkɾemẽn̪ˈt̪að̞a] while incrementado is [ĩŋkɾemẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “incrementada” becomes o in “incrementado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incrementada is recorded at frequency rank #49,723, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋkɾemẽn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. incrementado is at rank #14,620, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkɾemẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o].

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 64343, this pair ranks #45,874 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of incrementada vs incrementado

Shared letters: acdeimnrt. Private to "incrementada": -. Private to "incrementado": o.

"incrementada" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVCV  ·  "incrementado" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incrementadaicnrementada · inccrementada · incermentada · increemntada · incremenatda · incremenntada · incrementaad · incrementadda
  • incrementadoicnrementado · inccrementado · incermentado · increemntado · incremenatdo · incremenntado · incrementaddo · incrementaod

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "incrementada" and "incrementado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incrementada" is a participle and "incrementado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "incrementada" or "incrementado" show up more?
"incrementado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,620 in our Spanish list, against #49,723 for "incrementada". 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 "incrementada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incrementado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,874 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incrementada" and "incrementado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incrementada vs incrementará". 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 #45,874 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