impidióvsimprimióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#10,682
“impidió” frequency rank
#31,833
“imprimió” frequency rank
42515
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impidió imprimió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de impedir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de imprimir.

Where the eye mixes impidió and imprimió

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

7 ch
impidió
8 ch
imprimió

Look-alike desk: impidió vs imprimió

A purely visual mix-up. impidió ([ĩmpiˈð̞jo]) and imprimió ([ĩmpɾiˈmjo]) 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 42515, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impidió is recorded at frequency rank #10,682, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpiˈð̞jo]. imprimió is at rank #31,833, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpɾiˈmjo].

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 42515, this pair ranks #147,768 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of impidió vs imprimió

Shared letters: impó. Private to "impidió": d. Private to "imprimió": r.

"impidió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "imprimió" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "impidió" and "imprimió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpiˈð̞jo] versus [ĩmpɾiˈmjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "impidió" or "imprimió"?
"impidió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,682 in our Spanish list, against #31,833 for "imprimió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "impidió" and "imprimió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "impidió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "imprimió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #147,768 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impidió" and "imprimió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprima vs imprimió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #147,768 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