Which to use
“indagación” and “indicación” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,085
- “indagación” frequency rank
- #13,068
- “indicación” frequency rank
- 48153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indagación | indicación |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción y efecto de indagar. | Acción o efecto de indicar. |
Where the eye mixes indagación and indicación
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indagación and indicación follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: indagación vs indicación
A purely visual mix-up. indagación ([ĩn̪d̪aɣ̞aˈsjõn]) and indicación ([ĩn̪d̪ikaˈsjõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indagación is recorded at frequency rank #35,085, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪aɣ̞aˈsjõn]. indicación is at rank #13,068, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪ikaˈsjõn].
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 48153, this pair ranks #116,063 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indagación vs indicación
Shared letters: acdinó. Private to "indagación": g. Private to "indicación": -.
"indagación" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "indicación" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indagación" for "indicación" ever safe?
Frequency check: "indagación" vs "indicación" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "indagación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indicación" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,063 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indagación" and "indicación" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicación vs invocación". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #116,063 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.