importation

noun

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"importation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“importation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,176
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or an instance of importing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-importation · importation · English

importation · rank #27,176 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,176
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH impediment

Nearest frequency peer: impediment (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “importation”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “importation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for importation
PropertyValue
Headwordimportation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#27,176
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “importation”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).importationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “impediment” (#27,175), “inactivity” (#27,177), “HRC” (#27,174). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “importation” is #27,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around importation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,176 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for importation, with forms such as "immportation", "imoprtation", and "imporattion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From import + -ation. The correct English form is importation, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act or an instance of importing.
  2. 2
    The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.
  3. 3
    That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
  4. 4
    The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.
  5. 5
    The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).

Etymology

From import + -ation.

This word in other languages

importación(Español)importation(Français)importação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immportation
  • imoprtation
  • imporattion
  • imporrtation
  • importaiton
  • importasion
  • importatino
  • importationn
  • importatoin
  • importattion
  • importtaion
  • importtation
  • impotration
  • impportation
  • improtation
  • ipmortation
  • miportation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of importation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

immportation1imoprtation2imporattion2imporrtation1importaiton2importasion1importatino2importationn1
Edit distance from "importation"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "importation"?
"importation" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "importation" mean?
As a noun, "importation" means: The act or an instance of importing.
What are common misspellings of "importation"?
Common misspellings include "immportation", "imoprtation", "imporattion", "imporrtation", "importaiton". The correct spelling is "importation".
What is the origin of the word "importation"?
From import + -ation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "importation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list