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Which to use

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

#34,167
“ingente” frequency rank
#49,726
“ingentes” frequency rank
83893
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingente ingentes
Definition Muy grande o numeroso Forma del plural de ingente.

Where the eye mixes ingente and ingentes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
ingente
8 ch
ingentes

Look-alike desk: ingente vs ingentes

A purely visual mix-up. ingente ([ĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]) and ingentes ([ĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪es]) 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) - “ingente” sits inside “ingentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingente is recorded at frequency rank #34,167, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]. ingentes is at rank #49,726, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪es].

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 83893, this pair ranks #7,620 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ingente vs ingentes

Shared letters: egint. Private to "ingente": -. Private to "ingentes": s.

"ingente" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "ingentes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingenteignente · inegnte · ingenet · ingennte · ingentte · ingetne · inggente · ingnete
  • ingentesignentes · inegntes · ingenets · ingenntes · ingentess · ingentse · ingenttes · ingetnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ingente" for "ingentes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e] versus [ĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ingente" vs "ingentes" - which ranks higher?
"ingente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,167 in our Spanish list, against #49,726 for "ingentes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,620 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingente" and "ingentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingentes vs inventen". 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 #7,620 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