Which to use
“indaga” and “indagar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,205
- “indaga” frequency rank
- #19,768
- “indagar” frequency rank
- 66973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indaga | indagar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de indagar. | Intentar llegar al conocimiento de una cosa mediante la averiguación, la reflexión o por conjeturas |
Where the eye mixes indaga and indagar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: indaga vs indagar
A purely visual mix-up. indaga ([ĩn̪ˈd̪aɣ̞a]) and indagar ([ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]) 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) - “indaga” sits inside “indagar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indaga is recorded at frequency rank #47,205, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪ˈd̪aɣ̞a]. indagar is at rank #19,768, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ].
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 66973, this pair ranks #38,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indaga vs indagar
Shared letters: adgin. Private to "indaga": -. Private to "indagar": r.
"indaga" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "indagar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indaga" and "indagar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "indaga" or "indagar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "indaga" and "indagar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indaga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indagar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indaga" and "indagar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indaga vs invada". 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 #38,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.