impronta

/[ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,254

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

impronta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Reproducción de imágenes en hueco o de relieve, en cualquiera materia blanda o dúctil, como papel humedecido, cera, lacre, escayola, etc. Pronounced [ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a]. Often confused with impropia and importa.

Key facts for impronta
PropertyValue
Headwordimpronta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,254
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for impronta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,254 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for impronta, with forms such as "immpronta", "impornta", and "imppronta". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "impropia", "importa", "imponga", 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 impronta, spelled I-M-P-R-O-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reproducción de imágenes en hueco o de relieve, en cualquiera materia blanda o dúctil, como papel humedecido, cera, lacre, escayola, etc.
  2. 2
    Lo propio y especial de cada individuo particular, sobre todo en lo que se refiere al modo de hacer las cosas.
  3. 3
    Fenómeno genético por el cual ciertos genes son expresados de un modo específico.
  4. 4
    Cualquier tipo de aprendizaje ocurrido en cierta fase crítica, ya sea en una edad o etapa de vida particular, que es rápido y aparentemente independiente de la importancia de la conducta.
  5. 5
    Fenómeno que tiene lugar en el primer encuentro entre una hormona y su receptor en el desarrollo de períodos críticos de la vida (en unicelulares durante toda la vida) y determina la capacidad posterior de la traducción de señales de la célula.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immpronta,impornta,imppronta,imprnota,impronat,impronnta,improntta,improtna,imprronta,imrponta,ipmronta,mipronta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for impronta

Misspelling Variants of "impronta"

immpronta9impornta8imppronta9imprnota8impronat8impronnta9improntta9improtna8
Misspelling Variants of "impronta"

Frequency rank: #29,254 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impronta"?
"impronta" is spelled I-M-P-R-O-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a].
What does "impronta" mean?
As a noun, "impronta" means: Reproducción de imágenes en hueco o de relieve, en cualquiera materia blanda o dúctil, como papel humedecido, cera, lacre, escayola, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "impronta"?
"impronta" is commonly confused with "impropia", "importa", "imponga". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impronta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impronta" is [ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impronta" come from?
"impronta" 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.