ingresavsingresarTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,873
“ingresa” frequency rank
#5,627
“ingresar” frequency rank
16500
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresa ingresar
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ingresar. Poner o colocar una cosa, especialmente bienes o dinero, dentro de un lugar seguro donde estará vigilada o bajo custodia.

Where the eye mixes ingresa and ingresar

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

7 ch
ingresa
8 ch
ingresar

Visual trap between ingresa and ingresar

A purely visual mix-up. ingresa ([ĩŋˈgɾesa]) and ingresar ([ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾ]) 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 “ingresar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16500, 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]. ingresar is at rank #5,627, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾ].

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 16500, this pair ranks #275,905 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ingresa vs ingresar

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresaignresa · ingersa · inggresa · ingreas · ingressa · ingrresa · ingrsea · inngresa
  • ingresarignresar · ingersar · inggresar · ingreasr · ingresarr · ingresra · ingressar · ingrresar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ingresa" and "ingresar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈgɾesa] versus [ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ingresa" or "ingresar" show up more?
"ingresar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,627 in our Spanish list, against #10,873 for "ingresa". 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 "ingresa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #275,905 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresa" and "ingresar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingresa vs ingresada". 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 #275,905 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