incultosvsindultosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#44,791
“incultos” frequency rank
#39,284
“indultos” frequency rank
84075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incultos indultos
Definition Forma del masculino plural de inculto. Forma del plural de indulto.

Where the eye mixes incultos and indultos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. incultos and indultos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
incultos
8 ch
indultos

Look-alike desk: incultos vs indultos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incultos is [ĩŋˈkul̪t̪os] while indultos is [ĩn̪ˈd̪ul̪t̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “incultos” becomes d in “indultos”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incultos is recorded at frequency rank #44,791, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋˈkul̪t̪os]. 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 84075, this pair ranks #7,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of incultos vs indultos

Shared letters: ilnostu. Private to "incultos": c. Private to "indultos": d.

"incultos" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "indultos" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incultos ← icnultos · inccultos · inclutos · inculltos · inculots · incultoss · incultso · inculttos
  • indultos ← idnultos · inddultos · indlutos · indulltos · indulots · indultoss · indultso · indulttos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "incultos" and "indultos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incultos" is an adjective and "indultos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "incultos" or "indultos" show up more?
"indultos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,284 in our Spanish list, against #44,791 for "incultos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "incultos" and "indultos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incultos" 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 #7,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incultos" and "indultos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incultos vs insultes". 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 #7,447 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