impulsadasvsimpulsadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: impulsadas is a participle, impulsado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“impulsadas” is a participle and “impulsado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,788
“impulsadas” frequency rank
#10,513
“impulsado” frequency rank
39301
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impulsadas impulsado
Definition Forma del femenino plural de impulsado, participio de impulsar. Participio de impulsar.

Where the eye mixes impulsadas and impulsado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
impulsadas
9 ch
impulsado

Look-alike desk: impulsadas vs impulsado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: impulsadas is [ĩmpulˈsað̞as] while impulsado is [ĩmpulˈsað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impulsadas is recorded at frequency rank #28,788, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpulˈsað̞as]. impulsado is at rank #10,513, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpulˈsað̞o].

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 39301, this pair ranks #165,308 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of impulsadas vs impulsado

Shared letters: adilmpsu. Private to "impulsadas": -. Private to "impulsado": o.

"impulsadas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "impulsado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impulsadasimmpulsadas · implusadas · imppulsadas · impulasdas · impullsadas · impulsaads · impulsadass · impulsaddas
  • impulsadoimmpulsado · implusado · imppulsado · impulasdo · impullsado · impulsaddo · impulsaod · impulsdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "impulsadas" and "impulsado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "impulsadas" is a participle and "impulsado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "impulsadas" vs "impulsado" - which ranks higher?
"impulsado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,513 in our Spanish list, against #28,788 for "impulsadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "impulsadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "impulsado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,308 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impulsadas" and "impulsado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impugnado vs impulsado". 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 #165,308 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