impartenvsimportesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#30,953
“imparten” frequency rank
#34,158
“importes” frequency rank
65111
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imparten importes
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de impartir. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de importar.

Where the eye mixes imparten and importes

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

8 ch
imparten
8 ch
importes

Visual trap between imparten and importes

A purely visual mix-up. imparten ([ĩmˈpaɾt̪ẽn]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

imparten is recorded at frequency rank #30,953, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpaɾt̪ẽn]. 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 65111, this pair ranks #43,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of imparten vs importes

Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "imparten": an. Private to "importes": os.

"imparten" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "importes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impartenimaprten · immparten · imparetn · imparrten · impartenn · impartne · impartten · impatren
  • importesimmportes · imoprtes · imporets · imporrtes · importess · importse · importtes · impotres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "imparten" and "importes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmˈpaɾt̪ẽn] versus [ĩmˈpoɾt̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "imparten" or "importes"?
"imparten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,953 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "imparten" 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 #43,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imparten" 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 #43,598 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