impondrávsimponerTell them apart

Which to use

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

#32,703
“impondrá” frequency rank
#4,715
“imponer” frequency rank
37418
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impondrá imponer
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de imponer. Poner a alguien en la obligación de cumplir con una carga, impuesto, trabajo, deber u otra exigencia.

Where the eye mixes impondrá and imponer

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

8 ch
impondrá
7 ch
imponer

Why the eye confuses impondrá with imponer

A purely visual mix-up. impondrá ([ĩmpõn̪ˈd̪ɾa]) and imponer ([ĩmpoˈneɾ]) 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 37418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impondrá is recorded at frequency rank #32,703, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpõn̪ˈd̪ɾa]. imponer is at rank #4,715, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoˈneɾ].

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 37418, this pair ranks #175,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of impondrá vs imponer

Shared letters: imnopr. Private to "impondrá": dá. Private to "imponer": e.

"impondrá" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV  ·  "imponer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imponer ← immponer · imopner · impnoer · impoenr · imponerr · imponner · imponre · impponer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "impondrá" for "imponer" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpõn̪ˈd̪ɾa] versus [ĩmpoˈneɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "impondrá" vs "imponer" - which ranks higher?
"imponer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,715 in our Spanish list, against #32,703 for "impondrá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "impondrá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "imponer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #175,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impondrá" and "imponer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impondrá vs imponía". 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 #175,397 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