# importance

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/ · frequency rank #2,683

## Definitions
1. The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
2. significance or prominence.
3. personal status or standing.
4. Something of importance.

## Etymology
From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.

## Easily confused with
- **important** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/importance-vs-important)
- **impotence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/importance-vs-impotence)

## Common misspellings (16)
`immportance`, `imoprtance`, `imporatnce`, `imporrtance`, `importacne`, `importancce`, `importanec`, `importannce`, `importence`, `importnace`, `importtance`, `impotrance`, `impportance`, `improtance`, `ipmortance`, `miportance`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/importance