ingresadosvsingresosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#41,427
“ingresados” frequency rank
#1,349
“ingresos” frequency rank
42776
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes ingresados and ingresos

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

10 ch
ingresados
8 ch
ingresos

Why the eye confuses ingresados with ingresos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ingresados is [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞os] while ingresos is [ĩŋˈgɾesos]. 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 (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingresados is recorded at frequency rank #41,427, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩŋgɾeˈsað̞os]. ingresos is at rank #1,349, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩŋˈgɾesos].

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 42776, this pair ranks #146,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ingresados vs ingresos

Shared letters: eginors. Private to "ingresados": ad. Private to "ingresos": -.

"ingresados" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC  ·  "ingresos" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresados ← ignresados · ingersados · inggresados · ingreasdos · ingresaddos · ingresadoss · ingresadso · ingresaods
  • ingresos ← ignresos · ingersos · inggresos · ingreoss · ingresoss · ingresso · ingressos · ingrresos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ingresados" and "ingresos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ingresados" is a participle and "ingresos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ingresados" or "ingresos"?
"ingresos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,349 in our Spanish list, against #41,427 for "ingresados". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #146,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresados" and "ingresos" 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 #146,356 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