Which to use
“impedía” and “impida” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,389
- “impedía” frequency rank
- #16,132
- “impida” frequency rank
- 38521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impedía | impida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de impedir. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de impedir. |
Where the eye mixes impedía and impida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: impedía vs impida
A purely visual mix-up. impedía ([ĩmpeˈð̞ia]) and impida ([ĩmˈpið̞a]) 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 38521, 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]. impida is at rank #16,132, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpið̞a].
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 38521, this pair ranks #169,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impedía vs impida
Shared letters: adimp. Private to "impedía": eí. Private to "impida": -.
"impedía" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "impida" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- impida ← imipda · immpida · impdia · impiad · impidda · imppida · ipmida · mipida
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "impedía" for "impida" ever safe?
Frequency check: "impedía" vs "impida" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "impedía" and "impida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "impedía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impedía" and "impida" 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 #169,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.