imports

noun

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"imports" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“imports” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,557
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of import

Corpus desk

Index EN-imports · imports · English

imports · rank #8,557 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,557
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH immense

Nearest frequency peer: immense (-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 “imports”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “imports” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

imports vs import
86% similar
imports vs impart
71% similar
imports vs imported
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for imports
PropertyValue
Headwordimports
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,557
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “imports”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).importslands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “immense” (#8,556), “holly” (#8,555), “interfere” (#8,559). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “imports” is #8,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around imports, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,557 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of import".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for imports, with forms such as "immports", "imoprts", and "imporrts". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "import", "impart", "imported", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is imports, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of import

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how imports appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This year's crop of imports will increase the trade deficit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immports
  • imoprts
  • imporrts
  • imporst
  • importss
  • importts
  • impotrs
  • impports
  • improts
  • ipmorts
  • miports

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imports - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

immports1imoprts2imporrts1imporst2importss1importts1impotrs2impports1
Edit distance from "imports"

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 "imports"?
"imports" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-S.
What does "imports" mean?
As a noun, "imports" means: plural of import
What words are commonly confused with "imports"?
"imports" is commonly confused with "import", "impart", "imported". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "imports" come from?
"imports" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

immense#8,556mankind#8,573mapping#8,574Ferrari#8,539

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

juvenile11 variantsleverage11 variantsfourteen11 variantsblaming11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list