Which to use
“impasible” and “imponible” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,463
- “impasible” frequency rank
- #30,514
- “imponible” frequency rank
- 78977
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impasible | imponible |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que no sufre o siente. | Que se puede gravar con impuesto o tributo. |
Where the eye mixes impasible and imponible
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. impasible and imponible follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between impasible and imponible
A purely visual mix-up. impasible ([ĩmpaˈsiβ̞le]) and imponible ([ĩmpoˈniβ̞le]) 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 78977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impasible is recorded at frequency rank #48,463, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩmpaˈsiβ̞le]. imponible is at rank #30,514, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩmpoˈniβ̞le].
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 78977, this pair ranks #13,655 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of impasible vs imponible
Shared letters: beilmp. Private to "impasible": as. Private to "imponible": no.
"impasible" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "imponible" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "impasible" and "imponible" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "impasible" or "imponible" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "impasible" and "imponible" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "impasible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imponible" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,655 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impasible" and "imponible" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impagable vs impasible". 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 #13,655 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.