ingresavsingresadaTell them apart

Quick tell: ingresa is a verb, ingresada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ingresa” is a verb and “ingresada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,873
“ingresa” frequency rank
#49,727
“ingresada” frequency rank
60600
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresa ingresada
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ingresar. Forma del femenino de ingresado, participio de ingresar.

Where the eye mixes ingresa and ingresada

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

7 ch
ingresa
9 ch
ingresada

Look-alike desk: ingresa vs ingresada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ingresa is [ĩŋˈgɾesa] while ingresada is [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ingresa” sits inside “ingresada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingresa is recorded at frequency rank #10,873, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈgɾesa]. ingresada is at rank #49,727, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞a].

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 60600, this pair ranks #58,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ingresa vs ingresada

Shared letters: aeginrs. Private to "ingresa": -. Private to "ingresada": d.

"ingresa" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV  ·  "ingresada" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresaignresa · ingersa · inggresa · ingreas · ingressa · ingrresa · ingrsea · inngresa
  • ingresadaignresada · ingersada · inggresada · ingreasda · ingresaad · ingresadda · ingresdaa · ingressada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ingresa" and "ingresada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ingresa" is a verb and "ingresada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ingresa" or "ingresada"?
"ingresa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,873 in our Spanish list, against #49,727 for "ingresada". 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 "ingresa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresa" and "ingresada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingresada vs ingresados". 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 #58,374 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