importaba

/[ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,818

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

importaba is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de importar. Pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]. It ranks #8,818 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with importar and importan.

Key facts for importaba
PropertyValue
Headwordimportaba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,818
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for importaba is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,818 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for importaba, with forms such as "immportaba", "imoprtaba", and "imporatba". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "importar", "importan", "importas", 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 importaba, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de importar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de importar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immportaba,imoprtaba,imporatba,imporrtaba,importaab,importabba,importava,importbaa,importtaba,impotraba,impportaba,improtaba,ipmortaba,miportaba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for importaba

Misspelling Variants of "importaba"

immportaba10imoprtaba9imporatba9imporrtaba10importaab9importabba10importava9importbaa9
Misspelling Variants of "importaba"

Frequency rank: #8,818 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "importaba"?
"importaba" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a].
What does "importaba" mean?
As a verb, "importaba" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de importar.
What words are commonly confused with "importaba"?
"importaba" is commonly confused with "importar", "importan", "importas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "importaba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "importaba" is [ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "importaba" come from?
"importaba" 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.