importaient
\ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\
The verdict
“importaient” is uncommon French (frequency #89,810 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,810
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de importer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-importaient · importaient · French
importaient · rank #89,810 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,810
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imprenables
Nearest frequency peer: imprenables (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « importaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- idéogramme
idéogramme
10,195 corpus weight
- importaient
importaient
10,191 corpus weight
- imprenables
imprenables
10,190 corpus weight
- imprescript…
imprescriptible
10,189 corpus weight
- imprégnant
imprégnant
10,188 corpus weight
- impérissabl…
impérissables
10,187 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « importaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | importaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « importaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
importaient is uncommon French at frequency #89,810 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de importer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for importaient, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is importaient, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de importer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how importaient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l’avant de la citadelle, face au rivage, les Vietnamiens avaient constitué cinq lignes de défense, lourdement armées, avec une alternance de tranchées et de pieux acérés. De ce côté-ci des remparts, il n’y avait plus que deux rangées d’épaulements, cent trente à cent cinquante fantassins, tout au plus, et deux canons pour défendre la ville. C’est ce qu’…
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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