importadasvsimportasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: importadas is a participle, importas is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“importadas” is a participle and “importas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,089
“importadas” frequency rank
#24,528
“importas” frequency rank
50617
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature importadas importas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de importado, participio de importar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de importar.

Where the eye mixes importadas and importas

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

10 ch
importadas
8 ch
importas

Look-alike desk: importadas vs importas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: importadas is [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞as] while importas is [ĩmˈpoɾt̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

importadas is recorded at frequency rank #26,089, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞as]. importas is at rank #24,528, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpoɾt̪as].

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 50617, this pair ranks #102,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of importadas vs importas

Shared letters: aimoprst. Private to "importadas": d. Private to "importas": -.

"importadas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "importas" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • importadasimmportadas · imoprtadas · imporatdas · imporrtadas · importaads · importadass · importaddas · importadsa
  • importasimmportas · imoprtas · imporats · imporrtas · importass · importsa · importtas · impotras

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "importadas" and "importas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "importadas" is a participle and "importas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "importadas" or "importas"?
"importas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,528 in our Spanish list, against #26,089 for "importadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "importadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "importas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "importadas" and "importas" 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 #102,232 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