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

#20,398
“ingresan” frequency rank
#22,736
“ingrese” frequency rank
43134
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresan ingrese
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ingresar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de ingresar.

Where the eye mixes ingresan and ingrese

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ingresan runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVC) against ingrese's 7 (VCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
ingresan
7 ch
ingrese

Look-alike desk: ingresan vs ingrese

A purely visual mix-up. ingresan ([ĩŋˈgɾesãn]) and ingrese ([ĩŋˈgɾese]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43134, 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]. ingrese is at rank #22,736, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩŋˈgɾese].

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 43134, this pair ranks #144,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ingresan vs ingrese

Shared letters: eginrs. Private to "ingresan": a. Private to "ingrese": -.

"ingresan" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "ingrese" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresan ← ignresan · ingersan · inggresan · ingreasn · ingresann · ingresna · ingressan · ingrresan
  • ingrese ← ignrese · ingerse · inggrese · ingrece · ingrees · ingresse · ingrrese · ingrsee

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ingresan" for "ingrese" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈgɾesãn] versus [ĩŋˈgɾese]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ingresan" vs "ingrese" - which ranks higher?
"ingresan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,398 in our Spanish list, against #22,736 for "ingrese". 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 "ingresan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ingrese" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresan" and "ingrese" 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 #144,334 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