imports

noun

"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
17,902
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of import

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)

Where “imports” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). imports lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around imports, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,557 among 17,902 “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

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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “imports”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-O-R-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “import” - see the side-by-side comparison. imports vs import
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list