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

#39,277
“impartió” frequency rank
#19,444
“impartir” frequency rank
58721
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes impartió and impartir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. impartió (VCCVCCVV) and impartir (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
impartió
8 ch
impartir

Visual trap between impartió and impartir

A purely visual mix-up. impartió ([ĩmpaɾˈt̪jo]) 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 a single letter - ó in “impartió” becomes r in “impartir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impartió is recorded at frequency rank #39,277, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpaɾˈt̪jo]. 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 58721, this pair ranks #65,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of impartió vs impartir

Shared letters: aimprt. Private to "impartió": ó. Private to "impartir": -.

"impartió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV  ·  "impartir" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impartir ← imaprtir · immpartir · imparitr · imparrtir · impartirr · impartri · imparttir · impatrir

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "impartió" and "impartir" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpaɾˈt̪jo] versus [ĩmpaɾˈt̪iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "impartió" 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 #39,277 for "impartió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "impartió" 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 #65,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impartió" and "impartir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impartida vs impartió". 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 #65,393 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