Which to use
“importa” and “importará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #536
- “importa” frequency rank
- #36,095
- “importará” frequency rank
- 36631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importa | importará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de importar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de importar. |
Where the eye mixes importa and importará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: importa vs importará
A purely visual mix-up. importa ([ĩmˈpoɾt̪a]) and importará ([ĩmpoɾt̪aˈɾa]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “importa” sits inside “importará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importa is recorded at frequency rank #536, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpoɾt̪a]. importará is at rank #36,095, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾt̪aˈɾa].
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 36631, this pair ranks #179,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importa vs importará
Shared letters: aimoprt. Private to "importa": -. Private to "importará": á.
"importa" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "importará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- importa ← immporta · imoprta · imporat · imporrta · importta · impotra · impporta · improta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "importa" for "importará" ever safe?
Which is more common, "importa" or "importará"?
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 "importa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importa" and "importará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "important vs importará". 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 #179,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.