Which to use
“impacto” is a noun and “importó” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,818
- “impacto” frequency rank
- #14,870
- “importó” frequency rank
- 16688
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impacto | importó |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Colisión | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de importar. |
Where the eye mixes impacto and importó
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. impacto and importó follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses impacto with importó
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: impacto is [ĩmˈpakt̪o] while importó is [ĩmpoɾˈt̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impacto is recorded at frequency rank #1,818, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩmˈpakt̪o]. importó is at rank #14,870, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪o].
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 16688, this pair ranks #275,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of impacto vs importó
Shared letters: imopt. Private to "impacto": ac. Private to "importó": ró.
"impacto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "importó" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- impacto ← imapcto · immpacto · impaccto · impacot · impactto · impatco · impcato · imppacto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "impacto" and "importó" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "impacto" or "importó" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "impacto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impacto" and "importó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "import vs importó". 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 #275,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.