Which to use
“importante” and “impotente” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #267
- “importante” frequency rank
- #22,055
- “impotente” frequency rank
- 22322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importante | impotente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Algo o alguien que hay que tener en cuenta. | Que no tiene potencia. |
Where the eye mixes importante and impotente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: importante vs impotente
A purely visual mix-up. importante ([ĩmpoɾˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]) and impotente ([ĩmpoˈt̪ẽn̪t̪e]) 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 22322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importante is recorded at frequency rank #267, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩmpoɾˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]. impotente is at rank #22,055, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩmpoˈt̪ẽn̪t̪e].
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 22322, this pair ranks #250,867 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of importante vs impotente
Shared letters: eimnopt. Private to "importante": ar. Private to "impotente": -.
"importante" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV · "impotente" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- importante ← immportante · imoprtante · imporatnte · imporrtante · importanet · importannte · importantte · importatne
- impotente ← immpotente · imoptente · impoetnte · impotenet · impotennte · impotentte · impotetne · impotnete
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "importante" for "impotente" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "importante" or "impotente" 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 "importante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impotente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,867 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importante" and "impotente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impotente vs impotentes". 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 #250,867 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.