impartidovsimportadoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#30,513
“impartido” frequency rank
#14,868
“importado” frequency rank
45381
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impartido importado
Definition Participio de impartir. Participio de importar.

Where the eye mixes impartido and importado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. impartido and importado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
impartido
9 ch
importado

Look-alike desk: impartido vs importado

A purely visual mix-up. impartido ([ĩmpaɾˈt̪ið̞o]) and importado ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]) 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 45381, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impartido is recorded at frequency rank #30,513, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpaɾˈt̪ið̞o]. importado is at rank #14,868, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞o].

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 45381, this pair ranks #131,762 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of impartido vs importado

Shared letters: adimoprt. Private to "impartido": -. Private to "importado": -.

"impartido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "importado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impartido ← imaprtido · immpartido · imparitdo · imparrtido · impartdio · impartiddo · impartiod · imparttido
  • importado ← immportado · imoprtado · imporatdo · imporrtado · importaddo · importaod · importdao · importtado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "impartido" and "importado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpaɾˈt̪ið̞o] versus [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "impartido" or "importado"?
"importado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,868 in our Spanish list, against #30,513 for "impartido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "impartido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "importado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #131,762 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impartido" and "importado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impartidas vs impartido". 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 #131,762 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