impartevsimportesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#22,054
“imparte” frequency rank
#34,158
“importes” frequency rank
56212
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imparte importes
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de impartir. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de importar.

Where the eye mixes imparte and importes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
imparte
8 ch
importes

Visual trap between imparte and importes

A purely visual mix-up. imparte ([ĩmˈpaɾt̪e]) and importes ([ĩmˈpoɾt̪es]) 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 56212, 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]. importes is at rank #34,158, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpoɾt̪es].

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 56212, this pair ranks #75,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of imparte vs importes

Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "imparte": a. Private to "importes": os.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imparteimaprte · immparte · imparet · imparrte · impartte · impatre · impparte · imprate
  • importesimmportes · imoprtes · imporets · imporrtes · importess · importse · importtes · impotres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "imparte" and "importes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmˈpaɾt̪e] versus [ĩmˈpoɾt̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "imparte" or "importes"?
"imparte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,054 in our Spanish list, against #34,158 for "importes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "imparte" and "importes" 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 "importes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imparte" and "importes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "import vs importes". 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 #75,560 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