Which to use
“impedía” and “impedido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,389
- “impedía” frequency rank
- #14,867
- “impedido” frequency rank
- 37256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impedía | impedido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de impedir. | Participio de impedir. |
Where the eye mixes impedía and impedido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. impedía runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against impedido's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between impedía and impedido
A purely visual mix-up. impedía ([ĩmpeˈð̞ia]) and impedido ([ĩmpeˈð̞ið̞o]) 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 37256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impedía is recorded at frequency rank #22,389, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpeˈð̞ia]. impedido is at rank #14,867, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpeˈð̞ið̞o].
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 37256, this pair ranks #176,245 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impedía vs impedido
Shared letters: deimp. Private to "impedía": aí. Private to "impedido": o.
"impedía" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "impedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- impedido ← imepdido · immpedido · impdeido · impeddido · impeddio · impediddo · impediod · impeiddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "impedía" for "impedido" ever safe?
Which is more common, "impedía" or "impedido"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "impedía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impedido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,245 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impedía" and "impedido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impedía vs impedían". 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 #176,245 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.