Which to use
“impagable” and “impasible” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,786
- “impagable” frequency rank
- #48,463
- “impasible” frequency rank
- 93249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impagable | impasible |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Imposible de pagar, debido generalmente a su elevado costo, precio o tarifa. | Que no sufre o siente. |
Where the eye mixes impagable and impasible
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. impagable and impasible follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses impagable with impasible
A purely visual mix-up. impagable ([ĩmpaˈɣ̞aβ̞le]) and impasible ([ĩmpaˈsiβ̞le]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impagable is recorded at frequency rank #44,786, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩmpaˈɣ̞aβ̞le]. impasible is at rank #48,463, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩmpaˈsiβ̞le].
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 93249, this pair ranks #1,219 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of impagable vs impasible
Shared letters: abeilmp. Private to "impagable": g. Private to "impasible": s.
"impagable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "impasible" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "impagable" and "impasible" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "impagable" or "impasible" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "impagable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impasible" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,219 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impagable" and "impasible" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impasible vs imponible". 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 #1,219 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.