impartióvsimportóTell them apart

Which to use

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

#39,277
“impartió” frequency rank
#14,870
“importó” frequency rank
54147
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impartió importó
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de impartir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de importar.

Where the eye mixes impartió and importó

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

8 ch
impartió
7 ch
importó

Look-alike desk: impartió vs importó

A purely visual mix-up. impartió ([ĩmpaɾˈt̪jo]) and importó ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪o]) 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 54147, 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]. importó is at rank #14,870, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪o].

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 54147, this pair ranks #84,617 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of impartió vs importó

Shared letters: imprtó. Private to "impartió": a. Private to "importó": o.

"impartió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV  ·  "importó" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "impartió" for "importó" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpaɾˈt̪jo] versus [ĩmpoɾˈt̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "impartió" vs "importó" - which ranks higher?
"importó" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,870 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.

Useful next steps

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 "importó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,617 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impartió" and "importó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impartida vs impartió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #84,617 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