Which to use
“importado” is a verb and “importados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,868
- “importado” frequency rank
- #14,869
- “importados” frequency rank
- 29737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importado | importados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de importar. | Forma del plural de importado, participio de importar. |
Where the eye mixes importado and importados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. importado runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against importados's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between importado and importados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: importado is [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞o] while importados is [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “importado” sits inside “importados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importado is recorded at frequency rank #14,868, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]. 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 29737, this pair ranks #215,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importado vs importados
Shared letters: adimoprt. Private to "importado": -. Private to "importados": s.
"importado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "importados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- importado ← immportado · imoprtado · imporatdo · imporrtado · importaddo · importaod · importdao · importtado
- importados ← immportados · imoprtados · imporatdos · imporrtados · importaddos · importadoss · importadso · importaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "importado" for "importados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "importado" vs "importados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "importado" 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 #215,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importado" and "importados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "importado vs important". 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 #215,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.