impensado
[ĩmpẽnˈsað̞o]
The verdict
“impensado” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #73,739 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #73,739
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se aplica a las cosas que suceden sin pensar en ellas o sin esperarlas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impensado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩmpẽnˈsað̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impensado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for impensado is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpẽnˈsað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,739 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se aplica a las cosas que suceden sin pensar en ellas o sin esperarlas.".
impensado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is impensado, spelled I-M-P-E-N-S-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Se aplica a las cosas que suceden sin pensar en ellas o sin esperarlas.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “impensado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-E-N-S-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmpẽnˈsað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.