ingresadovsingresoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#18,871
“ingresado” frequency rank
#2,172
“ingreso” frequency rank
21043
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresado ingreso
Definition Participio de ingresar. Acción o efecto de ingresar o de entrar

Where the eye mixes ingresado and ingreso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ingresado runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against ingreso's 7 (VCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
ingresado
7 ch
ingreso

Why the eye confuses ingresado with ingreso

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ingresado is [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞o] while ingreso is [ĩŋˈgɾeso]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21043, 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]. ingreso is at rank #2,172, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩŋˈgɾeso].

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 21043, this pair ranks #256,672 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ingresado vs ingreso

Shared letters: eginors. Private to "ingresado": ad. Private to "ingreso": -.

"ingresado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "ingreso" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresado ← ignresado · ingersado · inggresado · ingreasdo · ingresaddo · ingresaod · ingresdao · ingressado
  • ingreso ← ignreso · ingerso · inggreso · ingreos · ingrreso · ingrseo · inngreso · inrgeso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ingresado" and "ingreso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ingresado" is a verb and "ingreso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ingresado" or "ingreso" show up more?
"ingreso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,172 in our Spanish list, against #18,871 for "ingresado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingreso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #256,672 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresado" and "ingreso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingresada vs ingresado". 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 #256,672 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