importa

/[ĩmˈpoɾt̪a]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#536

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

importa is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de importar. Pronounced [ĩmˈpoɾt̪a]. It ranks #536 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with imputa and importó.

Key facts for importa
PropertyValue
Headwordimporta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩmˈpoɾt̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#536
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of importa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for importa is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmˈpoɾt̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #536 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for importa, with forms such as "immporta", "imoprta", and "imporat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "imputa", "importó", "importar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 importa, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de importar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de importar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immporta,imoprta,imporat,imporrta,importta,impotra,impporta,improta,ipmorta,miporta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for importa

Misspelling Variants of "importa"

immporta8imoprta7imporat7imporrta8importta8impotra7impporta8improta7
Misspelling Variants of "importa"

Frequency rank: #536 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "importa"?
"importa" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmˈpoɾt̪a].
What does "importa" mean?
As a verb, "importa" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de importar.
What words are commonly confused with "importa"?
"importa" is commonly confused with "imputa", "importó", "importar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "importa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "importa" is [ĩmˈpoɾt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "importa" come from?
"importa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.