impronta
[ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“impronta” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,254 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,254
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Reproducción de imágenes en hueco o de relieve, en cualquiera materia blanda o dúctil, como papel humedecido, cera, lacre, escayola, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impronta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impronta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for impronta is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for impronta, with forms such as "immpronta", "impornta", and "imppronta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "impropia", "importa", "imponga", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is impronta, spelled I-M-P-R-O-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Reproducción de imágenes en hueco o de relieve, en cualquiera materia blanda o dúctil, como papel humedecido, cera, lacre, escayola, etc.
- 2Lo propio y especial de cada individuo particular, sobre todo en lo que se refiere al modo de hacer las cosas.
- 3Fenómeno genético por el cual ciertos genes son expresados de un modo específico.
- 4Cualquier 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.
- 5Fenómeno 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
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: immpronta,impornta,imppronta,imprnota,impronat,impronnta,improntta,improtna,imprronta,imrponta,ipmronta,mipronta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impronta - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “impronta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-R-O-N-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmˈpɾõn̪t̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “impropia” - see the side-by-side comparison. impronta vs impropia
- 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.