Which to use
“impuestas” and “impuestos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,837
- “impuestas” frequency rank
- #1,679
- “impuestos” frequency rank
- 14516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impuestas | impuestos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de impuesto, participio irregular de imponer. | Forma del plural de impuesto, participio irregular de imponer. |
Where the eye mixes impuestas and impuestos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. impuestas and impuestos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between impuestas and impuestos
A purely visual mix-up. impuestas ([ĩmˈpwest̪as]) and impuestos ([ĩmˈpwest̪os]) 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 a single letter - a in “impuestas” becomes o in “impuestos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impuestas is recorded at frequency rank #12,837, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmˈpwest̪as]. impuestos is at rank #1,679, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmˈpwest̪os].
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 14516, this pair ranks #283,816 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of impuestas vs impuestos
Shared letters: eimpstu. Private to "impuestas": a. Private to "impuestos": o.
"impuestas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC · "impuestos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "impuestas" and "impuestos" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "impuestas" or "impuestos"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "impuestas" and "impuestos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "impuestas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impuestos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #283,816 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impuestas" and "impuestos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprentas vs impuestas". 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 #283,816 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.