impregnavsimpregnadoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,369
“impregna” frequency rank
#38,755
“impregnado” frequency rank
84124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impregna impregnado
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de impregnar o de impregnarse. Participio de impregnar o de impregnarse.

Where the eye mixes impregna and impregnado

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

8 ch
impregna
10 ch
impregnado

Visual trap between impregna and impregnado

A purely visual mix-up. impregna ([ĩmˈpɾeɣ̞na]) and impregnado ([ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnað̞o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “impregna” sits inside “impregnado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impregna is recorded at frequency rank #45,369, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmˈpɾeɣ̞na]. impregnado is at rank #38,755, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnað̞o].

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 84124, this pair ranks #7,376 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of impregna vs impregnado

Shared letters: aegimnpr. Private to "impregna": -. Private to "impregnado": do.

"impregna" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCV  ·  "impregnado" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impregna ← immpregna · impergna · imppregna · impregan · impreggna · impregnna · imprenga · imprgena
  • impregnado ← immpregnado · impergnado · imppregnado · impregando · impreggnado · impregnaddo · impregnaod · impregndao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "impregna" for "impregnado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmˈpɾeɣ̞na] versus [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "impregna" or "impregnado" show up more?
"impregnado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,755 in our Spanish list, against #45,369 for "impregna". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "impregna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "impregnado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,376 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impregna" and "impregnado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impregna vs impregnada". 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 #7,376 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