ingresanvsingresaronConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#20,398
“ingresan” frequency rank
#20,087
“ingresaron” frequency rank
40485
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresan ingresaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ingresar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ingresar.

Where the eye mixes ingresan and ingresaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
ingresan
10 ch
ingresaron

Visual trap between ingresan and ingresaron

A purely visual mix-up. ingresan ([ĩŋˈgɾesãn]) and ingresaron ([ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾõn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40485, 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]. ingresaron is at rank #20,087, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾõn].

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 40485, this pair ranks #158,823 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ingresan vs ingresaron

Shared letters: aeginrs. Private to "ingresan": -. Private to "ingresaron": o.

"ingresan" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "ingresaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresanignresan · ingersan · inggresan · ingreasn · ingresann · ingresna · ingressan · ingrresan
  • ingresaronignresaron · ingersaron · inggresaron · ingreasron · ingresaorn · ingresarno · ingresaronn · ingresarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ingresan" and "ingresaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈgɾesãn] versus [ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ingresan" or "ingresaron" show up more?
"ingresaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,087 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ingresan" and "ingresaron" 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 "ingresaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,823 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresan" and "ingresaron" 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 #158,823 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