Which to use
“indicados” and “indignados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,769
- “indicados” frequency rank
- #20,085
- “indignados” frequency rank
- 39854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indicados | indignados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de indicado, participio de indicar. | Forma del plural de indignado, participio de indignar o de indignarse. |
Where the eye mixes indicados and indignados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indicados runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against indignados's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses indicados with indignados
A purely visual mix-up. indicados ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞os]) and indignados ([ĩn̪d̪iɣ̞ˈnað̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indicados is recorded at frequency rank #19,769, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞os]. indignados is at rank #20,085, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iɣ̞ˈnað̞os].
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 39854, this pair ranks #162,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indicados vs indignados
Shared letters: adinos. Private to "indicados": c. Private to "indignados": g.
"indicados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "indignados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indicados ← idnicados · indciados · inddicados · indiacdos · indicaddos · indicadoss · indicadso · indicaods
- indignados ← idnignados · inddignados · indginados · indigandos · indiggnados · indignaddos · indignadoss · indignadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indicados" and "indignados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "indicados" or "indignados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "indicados" and "indignados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indicados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indignados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indicados" and "indignados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicados vs indicamos". 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 #162,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.