ingresarvsingresosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#5,627
“ingresar” frequency rank
#1,349
“ingresos” frequency rank
6976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingresar ingresos
Definition Poner o colocar una cosa, especialmente bienes o dinero, dentro de un lugar seguro donde estará vigilada o bajo custodia. Forma del plural de ingreso.

Where the eye mixes ingresar and ingresos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ingresar and ingresos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
ingresar
8 ch
ingresos

Look-alike desk: ingresar vs ingresos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ingresar is [ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾ] while ingresos is [ĩŋˈgɾesos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingresar is recorded at frequency rank #5,627, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩŋgɾeˈsaɾ]. 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 6976, this pair ranks #309,283 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ingresar vs ingresos

Shared letters: eginrs. Private to "ingresar": a. Private to "ingresos": o.

"ingresar" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "ingresos" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresar ← ignresar · ingersar · inggresar · ingreasr · ingresarr · ingresra · ingressar · ingrresar
  • ingresos ← ignresos · ingersos · inggresos · ingreoss · ingresoss · ingresso · ingressos · ingrresos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ingresar" and "ingresos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ingresar" is a verb and "ingresos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ingresar" vs "ingresos" - which ranks higher?
"ingresos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,349 in our Spanish list, against #5,627 for "ingresar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingresar" 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 #309,283 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingresar" and "ingresos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingresada vs ingresar". 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 #309,283 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