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“imaginan” and “imaginas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,131
“imaginan” frequency rank
#9,303
“imaginas” frequency rank
25434
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imaginan imaginas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de imaginar o de imaginarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de imaginar o de imaginarse.

Where the eye mixes imaginan and imaginas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. imaginan and imaginas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
imaginan
8 ch
imaginas

Look-alike desk: imaginan vs imaginas

A purely visual mix-up. imaginan ([imaˈxinãn]) and imaginas ([imaˈxinas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “imaginan” becomes s in “imaginas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

imaginan is recorded at frequency rank #16,131, classified as averb, pronounced [imaˈxinãn]. imaginas is at rank #9,303, tagged as averb, pronounced [imaˈxinas].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 25434, this pair ranks #236,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of imaginan vs imaginas

Shared letters: agimn. Private to "imaginan": -. Private to "imaginas": s.

"imaginan" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "imaginas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imaginan ← iamginan · imagginan · imagiann · imaginann · imaginna · imaginnan · imagnian · imaignan
  • imaginas ← iamginas · imagginas · imagians · imaginass · imaginnas · imaginsa · imagnias · imaignas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "imaginan" and "imaginas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([imaˈxinãn] versus [imaˈxinas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "imaginan" or "imaginas" show up more?
"imaginas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,303 in our Spanish list, against #16,131 for "imaginan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "imaginan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "imaginas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #236,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imaginan" and "imaginas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imagináis vs imaginan". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #236,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list