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“impida” and “impidan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,132
- “impida” frequency rank
- #29,689
- “impidan” frequency rank
- 45821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impida | impidan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de impedir. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de impedir. |
Where the eye mixes impida and impidan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: impida vs impidan
A purely visual mix-up. impida ([ĩmˈpið̞a]) and impidan ([ĩmˈpið̞ãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “impida” sits inside “impidan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impida is recorded at frequency rank #16,132, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpið̞a]. impidan is at rank #29,689, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpið̞ãn].
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 45821, this pair ranks #129,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impida vs impidan
Shared letters: adimp. Private to "impida": -. Private to "impidan": n.
"impida" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "impidan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "impida" and "impidan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "impida" or "impidan" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "impida" and "impidan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "impida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impidan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impida" and "impidan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impedían vs impidan". 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 #129,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.