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

#2,172
“ingreso” frequency rank
#1,349
“ingresos” frequency rank
3521
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingreso ingresos
Definition Acción o efecto de ingresar o de entrar Forma del plural de ingreso.

Where the eye mixes ingreso and ingresos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
ingreso
8 ch
ingresos

Look-alike desk: ingreso vs ingresos

A purely visual mix-up. ingreso ([ĩŋˈgɾeso]) and ingresos ([ĩŋˈgɾesos]) 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 extra letter(s) - “ingreso” sits inside “ingresos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingreso is recorded at frequency rank #2,172, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩŋˈgɾeso]. 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 3521, this pair ranks #318,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ingreso vs ingresos

Shared letters: eginors. Private to "ingreso": -. Private to "ingresos": -.

"ingreso" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV  ·  "ingresos" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ingresoignreso · ingerso · inggreso · ingreos · ingrreso · ingrseo · inngreso · inrgeso
  • ingresosignresos · ingersos · inggresos · ingreoss · ingresoss · ingresso · ingressos · ingrresos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ingreso" for "ingresos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩŋˈgɾeso] versus [ĩŋˈgɾesos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ingreso" or "ingresos"?
"ingresos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,349 in our Spanish list, against #2,172 for "ingreso". 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 "ingreso" and "ingresos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingreso" 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 #318,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingreso" and "ingresos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingresados vs ingresos". 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 #318,132 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