impartevsimpartirConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#22,054
“imparte” frequency rank
#19,444
“impartir” frequency rank
41498
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imparte impartir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de impartir. Dicho especialmente del conocimiento: difundirlo, enseñarlo.

Where the eye mixes imparte and impartir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. imparte runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against impartir's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
imparte
8 ch
impartir

Why the eye confuses imparte with impartir

A purely visual mix-up. imparte ([ĩmˈpaɾt̪e]) and impartir ([ĩmpaɾˈt̪iɾ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

imparte is recorded at frequency rank #22,054, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpaɾt̪e]. impartir is at rank #19,444, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpaɾˈt̪iɾ].

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 41498, this pair ranks #153,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of imparte vs impartir

Shared letters: aimprt. Private to "imparte": e. Private to "impartir": -.

"imparte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "impartir" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imparte ← imaprte · immparte · imparet · imparrte · impartte · impatre · impparte · imprate
  • impartir ← imaprtir · immpartir · imparitr · imparrtir · impartirr · impartri · imparttir · impatrir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "imparte" and "impartir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmˈpaɾt̪e] versus [ĩmpaɾˈt̪iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "imparte" vs "impartir" - which ranks higher?
"impartir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,444 in our Spanish list, against #22,054 for "imparte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "imparte" and "impartir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "imparte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "impartir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #153,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imparte" and "impartir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imparte vs import". 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 #153,309 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