incrementadavsincrementanWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,723
“incrementada” frequency rank
#27,645
“incrementan” frequency rank
77368
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incrementada incrementan
Definition Forma del femenino de incrementado, participio de incrementar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de incrementar.

Where the eye mixes incrementada and incrementan

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

12 ch
incrementada
11 ch
incrementan

Look-alike desk: incrementada vs incrementan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incrementada is [ĩŋkɾemẽn̪ˈt̪að̞a] while incrementan is [ĩŋkɾeˈmẽn̪t̪ãn]. 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 77368, 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]. incrementan is at rank #27,645, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋkɾeˈmẽn̪t̪ãn].

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 77368, this pair ranks #16,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of incrementada vs incrementan

Shared letters: aceimnrt. Private to "incrementada": d. Private to "incrementan": -.

"incrementada" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVCV  ·  "incrementan" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incrementadaicnrementada · inccrementada · incermentada · increemntada · incremenatda · incremenntada · incrementaad · incrementadda
  • incrementanicnrementan · inccrementan · incermentan · increemntan · incremenatn · incremenntan · incrementann · incrementna

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "incrementada" for "incrementan" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incrementada" is a participle and "incrementan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "incrementada" vs "incrementan" - which ranks higher?
"incrementan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,645 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incrementada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incrementan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incrementada" and "incrementan" 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 #16,125 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