inscriptosvsinscritasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#41,984
“inscriptos” frequency rank
#26,487
“inscritas” frequency rank
68471
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inscriptos inscritas
Definition Forma del plural de inscripto, participio irregular de inscribir o de inscribirse. Forma del femenino plural de inscrito, participio irregular de inscribir o de inscribirse.

Where the eye mixes inscriptos and inscritas

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

10 ch
inscriptos
9 ch
inscritas

Look-alike desk: inscriptos vs inscritas

A purely visual mix-up. inscriptos ([ĩnsˈkɾipt̪os]) and inscritas ([ĩnsˈkɾit̪as]) 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 68471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inscriptos is recorded at frequency rank #41,984, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩnsˈkɾipt̪os]. inscritas is at rank #26,487, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩnsˈkɾit̪as].

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 68471, this pair ranks #34,404 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inscriptos vs inscritas

Shared letters: cinrst. Private to "inscriptos": op. Private to "inscritas": a.

"inscriptos" · 10 letters · shape VCCCCVCCVC  ·  "inscritas" · 9 letters · shape VCCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inscriptosincsriptos · innscriptos · insccriptos · inscirptos · inscripots · inscripptos · inscriptoss · inscriptso
  • inscritasincsritas · innscritas · insccritas · inscirtas · inscriats · inscritass · inscritsa · inscrittas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inscriptos" for "inscritas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩnsˈkɾipt̪os] versus [ĩnsˈkɾit̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "inscriptos" vs "inscritas" - which ranks higher?
"inscritas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,487 in our Spanish list, against #41,984 for "inscriptos". 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 "inscriptos" and "inscritas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inscriptos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inscritas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,404 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inscriptos" and "inscritas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inscripto vs inscriptos". 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 #34,404 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