Which to use
“imported” is a verb and “imports” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,700
- “imported” frequency rank
- #8,557
- “imports” frequency rank
- 16257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imported | imports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of import | plural of import |
Letter map: imported vs imports
Shared letters muted; letters that set imported and imports apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. imported runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) 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 imported / imports
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: imported is averb and importsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imported is recorded at frequency rank #7,700, classified as averb, pronounced /ɪmˈpɔːtɪd/. 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 16257, this pair ranks #458,907 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of imported vs imports
Shared letters: imoprt. Private to "imported": de. Private to "imports": s.
"imported" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "imports" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "imported" and "imports" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "imported" or "imports" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "imported" 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 #458,907 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imported" and "imports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imported vs imposter". 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 #458,907 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.