impresionar

/[ĩmpɾesjoˈnaɾ]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,360

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

impresionar is aSpanishverb. It means: Dejar fija una imagen visual o acústica sobre una superficie para su reproducción posterior. Pronounced [ĩmpɾesjoˈnaɾ]. Often confused with impresión and impresionado.

Key facts for impresionar
PropertyValue
Headwordimpresionar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩmpɾesjoˈnaɾ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#21,360
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for impresionar is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpɾesjoˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,360 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for impresionar, with forms such as "immpresionar", "impersionar", and "imppresionar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "impresión", "impresionado", "impresionada", 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 impresionar, spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-I-O-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dejar fija una imagen visual o acústica sobre una superficie para su reproducción posterior.
  2. 2
    Producir una emoción, generalmente inesperada, con un efecto duradero en la memoria de alguien.
  3. 3
    Dejar fija o viva una imagen, idea o sentimiento, generalmente con una dosis de emoción o sorpresa.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immpresionar,impersionar,imppresionar,imprecionar,impreisonar,impresinoar,impresioanr,impresionarr,impresionnar,impresionra,impresoinar,impressionar,imprresionar,imprseionar,imrpesionar,ipmresionar,mipresionar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for impresionar

Misspelling Variants of "impresionar"

immpresionar12impersionar11imppresionar12imprecionar11impreisonar11impresinoar11impresioanr11impresionarr12
Misspelling Variants of "impresionar"

Frequency rank: #21,360 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impresionar"?
"impresionar" is spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-I-O-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmpɾesjoˈnaɾ].
What does "impresionar" mean?
As a verb, "impresionar" means: Dejar fija una imagen visual o acústica sobre una superficie para su reproducción posterior.
What words are commonly confused with "impresionar"?
"impresionar" is commonly confused with "impresión", "impresionado", "impresionada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impresionar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impresionar" is [ĩmpɾesjoˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impresionar" come from?
"impresionar" 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.