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Which to use

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

#20,398
“ingresan” frequency rank
#5,627
“ingresar” frequency rank
26025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresan ingresar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 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 ingresan and ingresar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ingresan and ingresar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
ingresan
8 ch
ingresar

Visual trap between ingresan and ingresar

A purely visual mix-up. ingresan ([ĩŋˈgɾesãn]) 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 a single letter - n in “ingresan” becomes r in “ingresar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingresan is recorded at frequency rank #20,398, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈgɾesãn]. 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 26025, this pair ranks #233,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ingresan vs ingresar

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

"ingresan" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "ingresar" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresan ← ignresan · ingersan · inggresan · ingreasn · ingresann · ingresna · ingressan · ingrresan
  • ingresar ← ignresar · ingersar · inggresar · ingreasr · ingresarr · ingresra · ingressar · ingrresar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ingresan" for "ingresar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈgɾesãn] versus [ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ingresan" vs "ingresar" - which ranks higher?
"ingresar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,627 in our Spanish list, against #20,398 for "ingresan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresan" 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 #233,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresan" and "ingresar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingresada vs ingresan". 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 #233,685 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