Which to use
“importaban” and “importará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,553
- “importaban” frequency rank
- #36,095
- “importará” frequency rank
- 71648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importaban | importará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) 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 importaban and importará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses importaban with importará
A purely visual mix-up. importaban ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importaban is recorded at frequency rank #35,553, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 71648, this pair ranks #27,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of importaban vs importará
Shared letters: aimoprt. Private to "importaban": bn. Private to "importará": á.
"importaban" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "importará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- importaban ← immportaban · imoprtaban · imporatban · imporrtaban · importaabn · importabann · importabban · importabna
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "importaban" for "importará" ever safe?
Frequency check: "importaban" vs "importará" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "importaban" 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 #27,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importaban" 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 #27,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.