Which to use
“importan” and “importará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,626
- “importan” frequency rank
- #36,095
- “importará” frequency rank
- 41721
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importan | importará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de importar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de importar. |
Where the eye mixes importan and importará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. importan runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against importará's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between importan and importará
A purely visual mix-up. importan ([ĩmˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and importará ([ĩmpoɾt̪aˈɾa]) 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 41721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importan is recorded at frequency rank #5,626, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpoɾt̪ãn]. importará is at rank #36,095, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾt̪aˈɾa].
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 41721, this pair ranks #152,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importan vs importará
Shared letters: aimoprt. Private to "importan": n. Private to "importará": á.
"importan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "importará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- importan ← immportan · imoprtan · imporatn · imporrtan · importann · importna · importtan · impotran
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "importan" and "importará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "importan" or "importará" show up more?
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 "importan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importan" and "importará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "important vs importará". 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 #152,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.