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

#25,315
“ingeniosa” frequency rank
#38,184
“ingeniosas” frequency rank
63499
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingeniosa ingeniosas
Definition Forma del femenino de ingenioso. Forma del femenino plural de ingenioso.

Where the eye mixes ingeniosa and ingeniosas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
ingeniosa
10 ch
ingeniosas

Why the eye confuses ingeniosa with ingeniosas

A purely visual mix-up. ingeniosa ([ĩŋxeˈnjosa]) and ingeniosas ([ĩŋxeˈnjosas]) 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) - “ingeniosa” sits inside “ingeniosas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingeniosa is recorded at frequency rank #25,315, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋxeˈnjosa]. ingeniosas is at rank #38,184, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋxeˈnjosas].

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 63499, this pair ranks #48,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ingeniosa vs ingeniosas

Shared letters: aeginos. Private to "ingeniosa": -. Private to "ingeniosas": -.

"ingeniosa" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV  ·  "ingeniosas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingeniosaigneniosa · inegniosa · ingeinosa · ingenioas · ingeniossa · ingenisoa · ingenniosa · ingenoisa
  • ingeniosasigneniosas · inegniosas · ingeinosas · ingenioass · ingeniosass · ingeniossas · ingenisoas · ingenniosas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ingeniosa" for "ingeniosas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋxeˈnjosa] versus [ĩŋxeˈnjosas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ingeniosa" or "ingeniosas"?
"ingeniosa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,315 in our Spanish list, against #38,184 for "ingeniosas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingeniosa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingeniosas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingeniosa" and "ingeniosas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingenios vs ingeniosas". 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 #48,543 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