importabavsimportaráTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,818
“importaba” frequency rank
#36,095
“importará” frequency rank
44913
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature importaba importará
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto 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 importaba and importará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
importaba
9 ch
importará

Visual trap between importaba and importará

A purely visual mix-up. importaba ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

importaba is recorded at frequency rank #8,818, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a]. 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 44913, this pair ranks #134,402 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of importaba vs importará

Shared letters: aimoprt. Private to "importaba": b. Private to "importará": á.

"importaba" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "importará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • importabaimmportaba · imoprtaba · imporatba · imporrtaba · importaab · importabba · importava · importbaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "importaba" and "importará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞a] versus [ĩmpoɾt̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "importaba" or "importará"?
"importaba" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,818 in our Spanish list, against #36,095 for "importará". 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 "importaba" and "importará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "importaba" 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 #134,402 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "importaba" 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 #134,402 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