importadosvsimputadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#14,869
“importados” frequency rank
#15,876
“imputados” frequency rank
30745
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature importados imputados
Definition Forma del plural de importado, participio de importar. Forma del plural de imputado, participio de imputar.

Where the eye mixes importados and imputados

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

10 ch
importados
9 ch
imputados

Visual trap between importados and imputados

A purely visual mix-up. importados ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞os]) and imputados ([ĩmpuˈt̪að̞os]) 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 30745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

importados is recorded at frequency rank #14,869, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞os]. imputados is at rank #15,876, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpuˈt̪að̞os].

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 30745, this pair ranks #210,494 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of importados vs imputados

Shared letters: adimopst. Private to "importados": r. Private to "imputados": u.

"importados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "imputados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • importados ← immportados · imoprtados · imporatdos · imporrtados · importaddos · importadoss · importadso · importaods
  • imputados ← immputados · impputados · imptuados · impuatdos · imputaddos · imputadoss · imputadso · imputaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "importados" and "imputados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪að̞os] versus [ĩmpuˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "importados" or "imputados" show up more?
"importados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,869 in our Spanish list, against #15,876 for "imputados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "importados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "imputados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #210,494 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "importados" and "imputados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imputada vs imputados". 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 #210,494 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