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“indicamos” and “indicaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,606
“indicamos” frequency rank
#19,144
“indicaron” frequency rank
65750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indicamos indicaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de indicar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de indicar.

Where the eye mixes indicamos and indicaron

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

9 ch
indicamos
9 ch
indicaron

Visual trap between indicamos and indicaron

A purely visual mix-up. indicamos ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkamos]) and indicaron ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾõn]) 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 65750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indicamos is recorded at frequency rank #46,606, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkamos]. indicaron is at rank #19,144, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾõn].

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 65750, this pair ranks #41,712 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indicamos vs indicaron

Shared letters: acdino. Private to "indicamos": ms. Private to "indicaron": r.

"indicamos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "indicaron" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indicamos ← idnicamos · indciamos · inddicamos · indiacmos · indicammos · indicamoss · indicamso · indicaoms
  • indicaron ← idnicaron · indciaron · inddicaron · indiacron · indicaorn · indicarno · indicaronn · indicarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indicamos" and "indicaron" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkamos] versus [ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "indicamos" vs "indicaron" - which ranks higher?
"indicaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,144 in our Spanish list, against #46,606 for "indicamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indicamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indicaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,712 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indicamos" and "indicaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicadas 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 #41,712 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