importances
\ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“importances” is uncommon French (frequency #82,127 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,127
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de importance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | importances |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “importances” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
importances is uncommon French at frequency #82,127 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de importance.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for importances in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 importances, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de importance.
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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Using “importances”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-M-P-O-R-T-A-N-C-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.