ingresadavsinteresadaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#49,727
“ingresada” frequency rank
#7,738
“interesada” frequency rank
57465
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresada interesada
Definition Forma del femenino de ingresado, participio de ingresar. Forma del femenino de interesado, participio de interesar o de interesarse.

Where the eye mixes ingresada and interesada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. ingresada runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against interesada's 10 (VCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
ingresada
10 ch
interesada

Visual trap between ingresada and interesada

A purely visual mix-up. ingresada ([ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞a]) and interesada ([ĩn̪t̪eɾeˈsað̞a]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingresada is recorded at frequency rank #49,727, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞a]. interesada is at rank #7,738, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪eɾeˈsað̞a].

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 57465, this pair ranks #70,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ingresada vs interesada

Shared letters: adeinrs. Private to "ingresada": g. Private to "interesada": t.

"ingresada" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "interesada" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresada ← ignresada · ingersada · inggresada · ingreasda · ingresaad · ingresadda · ingresdaa · ingressada
  • interesada ← inetresada · innteresada · inteersada · intereasda · interesaad · interesadda · interesdaa · interessada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ingresada" and "interesada" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞a] versus [ĩn̪t̪eɾeˈsað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ingresada" or "interesada" show up more?
"interesada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,738 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interesada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresada" and "interesada" 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 #70,410 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