impuestasvsimpuestosConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
impuestas
9 ch
impuestos

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

  • impuestas ← immpuestas · impeustas · imppuestas · impuesats · impuesstas · impuestass · impuestsa · impuesttas
  • impuestos ← immpuestos · impeustos · imppuestos · impuesots · impuesstos · impuestoss · impuestso · impuesttos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "impuestas" and "impuestos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmˈpwest̪as] versus [ĩmˈpwest̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "impuestas" or "impuestos"?
"impuestos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,679 in our Spanish list, against #12,837 for "impuestas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list