incultovsindultosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: inculto is a adjective, indultos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“inculto” is an adjective and “indultos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,790
“inculto” frequency rank
#39,284
“indultos” frequency rank
84074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inculto indultos
Definition Que no tiene cultivo ni labor. Se dice usualmente de un terreno. Forma del plural de indulto.

Where the eye mixes inculto and indultos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. inculto runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against indultos's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
inculto
8 ch
indultos

Visual trap between inculto and indultos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inculto is [ĩŋˈkul̪t̪o] while indultos is [ĩn̪ˈd̪ul̪t̪os]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inculto is recorded at frequency rank #44,790, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋˈkul̪t̪o]. indultos is at rank #39,284, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪ˈd̪ul̪t̪os].

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 84074, this pair ranks #7,449 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inculto vs indultos

Shared letters: ilnotu. Private to "inculto": c. Private to "indultos": ds.

"inculto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "indultos" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inculto ← icnulto · incculto · incluto · incullto · inculot · incultto · incutlo · innculto
  • indultos ← idnultos · inddultos · indlutos · indulltos · indulots · indultoss · indultso · indulttos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "inculto" and "indultos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inculto" is an adjective and "indultos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "inculto" or "indultos"?
"indultos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,284 in our Spanish list, against #44,790 for "inculto". 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 "inculto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indultos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,449 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inculto" and "indultos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inculto vs incultos". 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 #7,449 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