impagablevsimpecableWhat's the difference?

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

#44,786
“impagable” frequency rank
#12,835
“impecable” frequency rank
57621
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impagable impecable
Definition Imposible de pagar, debido generalmente a su elevado costo, precio o tarifa. Muy limpio, sin mancha alguna, ordenado, completamente libre de impurezas o suciedades.

Where the eye mixes impagable and impecable

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
impagable
9 ch
impecable

Visual trap between impagable and impecable

A purely visual mix-up. impagable ([ĩmpaˈɣ̞aβ̞le]) and impecable ([ĩmpeˈkaβ̞le]) 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 57621, 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]. impecable is at rank #12,835, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩmpeˈkaβ̞le].

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 57621, this pair ranks #69,754 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of impagable vs impecable

Shared letters: abeilmp. Private to "impagable": g. Private to "impecable": c.

"impagable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV  ·  "impecable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impagableimapgable · immpagable · impaagble · impagabble · impagabel · impagablle · impagalbe · impagavle
  • impecableimepcable · immpecable · impceable · impeacble · impecabble · impecabel · impecablle · impecalbe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "impagable" and "impecable" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpaˈɣ̞aβ̞le] versus [ĩmpeˈkaβ̞le]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "impagable" vs "impecable" - which ranks higher?
"impecable" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,835 in our Spanish list, against #44,786 for "impagable". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "impagable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "impecable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,754 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impagable" and "impecable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impagable vs impasible". 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 #69,754 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