Which to use
“impart” is a verb and “imports” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,792
- “impart” frequency rank
- #8,557
- “imports” frequency rank
- 34349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impart | imports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property). | plural of import |
Letter map: impart vs imports
Shared letters muted; letters that set impart and imports apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. impart runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against imports's 7 (VCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for impart / imports
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: impart is averb and importsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impart is recorded at frequency rank #25,792, classified as averb, pronounced /ɪmˈpɑːt/. imports is at rank #8,557, tagged as anoun.
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 34349, this pair ranks #321,610 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impart vs imports
Shared letters: imprt. Private to "impart": a. Private to "imports": os.
"impart" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "imports" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "impart" and "imports" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "impart" or "imports"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "impart" and "imports". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "impart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,610 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impart" and "imports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impair vs impart". 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 #321,610 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.