ingresadovsingresadosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#18,871
“ingresado” frequency rank
#41,427
“ingresados” frequency rank
60298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresado ingresados
Definition Participio de ingresar. Forma del plural de ingresado, participio de ingresar.

Where the eye mixes ingresado and ingresados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
ingresado
10 ch
ingresados

Why the eye confuses ingresado with ingresados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ingresado is [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞o] while ingresados is [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ingresado” sits inside “ingresados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingresado is recorded at frequency rank #18,871, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞o]. ingresados is at rank #41,427, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞os].

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 60298, this pair ranks #59,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ingresado vs ingresados

Shared letters: adeginors. Private to "ingresado": -. Private to "ingresados": -.

"ingresado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "ingresados" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresadoignresado · ingersado · inggresado · ingreasdo · ingresaddo · ingresaod · ingresdao · ingressado
  • ingresadosignresados · ingersados · inggresados · ingreasdos · ingresaddos · ingresadoss · ingresadso · ingresaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ingresado" for "ingresados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ingresado" is a verb and "ingresados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ingresado" vs "ingresados" - which ranks higher?
"ingresado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,871 in our Spanish list, against #41,427 for "ingresados". 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 "ingresado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresado" and "ingresados" 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 #59,431 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