importadovsimportamosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,868
“importado” frequency rank
#33,657
“importamos” frequency rank
48525
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature importado importamos
Definition Participio de importar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de importar.

Where the eye mixes importado and importamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. importado runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against importamos's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
importado
10 ch
importamos

Why the eye confuses importado with importamos

A purely visual mix-up. importado ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and importamos ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪amos]) 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 48525, 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]. importamos is at rank #33,657, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪amos].

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 48525, this pair ranks #114,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of importado vs importamos

Shared letters: aimoprt. Private to "importado": d. Private to "importamos": s.

"importado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "importamos" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • importado ← immportado · imoprtado · imporatdo · imporrtado · importaddo · importaod · importdao · importtado
  • importamos ← immportamos · imoprtamos · imporatmos · imporrtamos · importammos · importamoss · importamso · importaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "importado" and "importamos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞o] versus [ĩmpoɾˈt̪amos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "importado" or "importamos" show up more?
"importado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,868 in our Spanish list, against #33,657 for "importamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "importado" and "importamos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "importado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "importamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "importado" and "importamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "importador vs importamos". 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 #114,005 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