importarávsimportasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#36,095
“importará” frequency rank
#24,528
“importas” frequency rank
60623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature importará importas
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de importar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de importar.

Where the eye mixes importará and importas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. importará runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against importas's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
importará
8 ch
importas

Look-alike desk: importará vs importas

A purely visual mix-up. importará ([ĩmpoɾt̪aˈɾa]) and importas ([ĩmˈpoɾt̪as]) 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 60623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

importará is recorded at frequency rank #36,095, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpoɾt̪aˈɾa]. 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 60623, this pair ranks #58,307 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of importará vs importas

Shared letters: aimoprt. Private to "importará": á. Private to "importas": s.

"importará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "importas" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • importas ← immportas · imoprtas · imporats · imporrtas · importass · importsa · importtas · impotras

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "importará" for "importas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpoɾt̪aˈɾa] versus [ĩmˈpoɾt̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "importará" or "importas" show up more?
"importas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,528 in our Spanish list, against #36,095 for "importará". 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 "importará" and "importas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "importará" 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 #58,307 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "importará" and "importas" 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 #58,307 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