impulsadavsimpulsadosWhat's the difference?

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

#15,121
“impulsada” frequency rank
#28,405
“impulsados” frequency rank
43526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impulsada impulsados
Definition Forma del femenino de impulsado, participio de impulsar. Forma del plural de impulsado, participio de impulsar.

Where the eye mixes impulsada and impulsados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. impulsada runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against impulsados's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
impulsada
10 ch
impulsados

Look-alike desk: impulsada vs impulsados

A purely visual mix-up. impulsada ([ĩmpulˈsað̞a]) and impulsados ([ĩmpulˈsað̞os]) 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 43526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impulsada is recorded at frequency rank #15,121, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpulˈsað̞a]. impulsados is at rank #28,405, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpulˈsað̞os].

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 43526, this pair ranks #142,172 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of impulsada vs impulsados

Shared letters: adilmpsu. Private to "impulsada": -. Private to "impulsados": o.

"impulsada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "impulsados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impulsada ← immpulsada · implusada · imppulsada · impulasda · impullsada · impulsaad · impulsadda · impulsdaa
  • impulsados ← immpulsados · implusados · imppulsados · impulasdos · impullsados · impulsaddos · impulsadoss · impulsadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "impulsada" and "impulsados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmpulˈsað̞a] versus [ĩmpulˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "impulsada" or "impulsados" show up more?
"impulsada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,121 in our Spanish list, against #28,405 for "impulsados". 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 "impulsada" and "impulsados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "impulsada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "impulsados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #142,172 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impulsada" and "impulsados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impulsada vs impulsora". 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 #142,172 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