importer

\ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\

/\ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“importer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,412
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apporter, introduire dans un pays des productions étrangères.

Corpus desk

Index FR-importer · importer · French

importer · rank #15,412 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,412
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH implications

Nearest frequency peer: implications (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « importer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « importer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

importer vs imposer
75% similar
importer vs imputer
75% similar
importer vs imposteur
78% similar

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

Key facts for importer
PropertyValue
Headwordimporter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,412
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « importer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).importerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « implications » (#15,411), « indirects » (#15,413), « immobilières » (#15,410). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « importer » est au #15,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around importer (IPA \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,412 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Apporter, introduire dans un pays des productions étrangères.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for importer, with forms such as "immporter", "imoprter", and "imporetr". 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 also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "imposer", "imputer", "imposteur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is importer, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apporter, introduire dans un pays des productions étrangères.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est eux également qui importèrent le poivre, condiment devenu si rare, qu'on l'utilisa comme monnaie.
  2. Les pays en développement n'en produisant guère, en tous cas pas en suffisance, les produits pharmaceutiques doivent le plus souvent être importés.

Antonyms

exporter

This word in other languages

import(English)importar(Español)importieren(Deutsch)importar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immporter
  • imoprter
  • imporetr
  • imporrter
  • importerr
  • importre
  • importter
  • impotrer
  • impporter
  • improter
  • ipmorter
  • miporter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of importer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

immporter1imoprter2imporetr2imporrter1importerr1importre2importter1impotrer2
Edit distance from "importer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "importer"?
"importer" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\.
What does "importer" mean?
As a verb, "importer" means: Apporter, introduire dans un pays des productions étrangères.
What words are commonly confused with "importer"?
"importer" is commonly confused with "imposer", "imputer", "imposteur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "importer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "importer" is \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "importer" come from?
"importer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lanceurs#15,422langages#15,423language#15,424habituée#15,398

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

jouissance12 variantshomologue12 variantsgisement12 variantsmalgache12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list