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Which to use

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

#10,873
“ingresa” frequency rank
#20,398
“ingresan” frequency rank
31271
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresa ingresan
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ingresar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ingresar.

Where the eye mixes ingresa and ingresan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ingresa runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against ingresan's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
ingresa
8 ch
ingresan

Visual trap between ingresa and ingresan

A purely visual mix-up. ingresa ([ĩŋˈgɾesa]) and ingresan ([ĩŋˈgɾesãn]) 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) - “ingresa” sits inside “ingresan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31271, 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]. ingresan is at rank #20,398, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈgɾesãn].

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 31271, this pair ranks #207,918 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ingresa vs ingresan

Shared letters: aeginrs. Private to "ingresa": -. Private to "ingresan": -.

"ingresa" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV  ·  "ingresan" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresa ← ignresa · ingersa · inggresa · ingreas · ingressa · ingrresa · ingrsea · inngresa
  • ingresan ← ignresan · ingersan · inggresan · ingreasn · ingresann · ingresna · ingressan · ingrresan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ingresa" for "ingresan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈgɾesa] versus [ĩŋˈgɾesãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ingresa" vs "ingresan" - which ranks higher?
"ingresa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,873 in our Spanish list, against #20,398 for "ingresan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "ingresa" and "ingresan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #207,918 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresa" and "ingresan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingresada vs ingresan". 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 #207,918 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