futuro imperfecto
[fuˈt̪uɾo ĩmpeɾˈfekt̪o]
The verdict
“futuro imperfecto” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tiempo verbal que indica de manera absoluta que algo existirá o sucederá con posterioridad al momento en que se habla. En español, indica también una conjetura o probabilidad en el presente. Puede ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | futuro imperfecto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [fuˈt̪uɾo ĩmpeɾˈfekt̪o] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “futuro imperfecto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for futuro imperfecto is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fuˈt̪uɾo ĩmpeɾˈfekt̪o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tiempo verbal que indica de manera absoluta que algo existirá o sucederá con posterioridad al momento en que se habla. En español, indica también una conjetura o probabilidad en el presente. Puede ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for futuro imperfecto in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is futuro imperfecto, spelled F-U-T-U-R-O- -I-M-P-E-R-F-E-C-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Tiempo verbal que indica de manera absoluta que algo existirá o sucederá con posterioridad al momento en que se habla. En español, indica también una conjetura o probabilidad en el presente. Puede también tener valor de imperativo. Y puede expresar incredulidad o sorpresa. Se llama imperfecto porque no indica si la acción o estado va a completarse o concluirse.
Synonyms
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-U-T-U-R-O- -I-M-P-E-R-F-E-C-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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