importadavsimportadosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#28,033
“importada” frequency rank
#14,869
“importados” frequency rank
42902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes importada and importados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
importada
10 ch
importados

Visual trap between importada and importados

A purely visual mix-up. importada ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞a]) and importados ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞os]) 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 42902, 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]. importados is at rank #14,869, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞os].

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 42902, this pair ranks #145,661 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of importada vs importados

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • importadaimmportada · imoprtada · imporatda · imporrtada · importaad · importadda · importdaa · importtada
  • importadosimmportados · imoprtados · imporatdos · imporrtados · importaddos · importadoss · importadso · importaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "importada" for "importados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞a] versus [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "importada" or "importados"?
"importados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,869 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.

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 "importada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "importados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,661 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "importada" and "importados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impactada vs importada". 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 #145,661 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