importadavsimportadasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#28,033
“importada” frequency rank
#26,089
“importadas” frequency rank
54122
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature importada importadas
Definition Forma del femenino de importado, participio de importar. Forma del femenino plural de importado, participio de importar.

Where the eye mixes importada and importadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
importada
10 ch
importadas

Look-alike desk: importada vs importadas

A purely visual mix-up. importada ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞a]) and importadas ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “importada” sits inside “importadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

importada is recorded at frequency rank #28,033, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞a]. importadas is at rank #26,089, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞as].

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 54122, this pair ranks #84,707 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of importada vs importadas

Shared letters: adimoprt. Private to "importada": -. Private to "importadas": s.

"importada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "importadas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • importadaimmportada · imoprtada · imporatda · imporrtada · importaad · importadda · importdaa · importtada
  • importadasimmportadas · imoprtadas · imporatdas · imporrtadas · importaads · importadass · importaddas · importadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "importada" and "importadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞a] versus [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "importada" or "importadas"?
"importadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,089 in our Spanish list, against #28,033 for "importada". 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 "importada" and "importadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "importada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "importadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,707 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "importada" and "importadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impartidas vs importadas". 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 #84,707 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