Which to use
“important” is an adjective and “importas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,875
- “important” frequency rank
- #24,528
- “importas” frequency rank
- 65403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | important | importas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Importante. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de importar. |
Where the eye mixes important and importas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: important vs importas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: important is /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ while importas is [ĩmˈpoɾt̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
important is recorded at frequency rank #40,875, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/. 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 65403, this pair ranks #42,729 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of important vs importas
Shared letters: aimoprt. Private to "important": n. Private to "importas": s.
"important" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "importas" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "important" and "importas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "important" or "importas" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "important" 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 #42,729 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "important" and "importas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "important vs importen". 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 #42,729 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.