Which to use
“impacté” and “importe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,344
- “impacté” frequency rank
- #462
- “importe” frequency rank
- 39806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impacté | importe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe impacter. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de importer. |
Where the eye mixes impacté and importe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: impacté vs importe
A purely visual mix-up. impacté (\ɛ̃.pak.te\) and importe (\ɛ̃.pɔʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impacté is recorded at frequency rank #39,344, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pak.te\. importe is at rank #462, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 39806, this pair ranks #245,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impacté vs importe
Shared letters: impt. Private to "impacté": acé. Private to "importe": eor.
"impacté" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "importe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- importe ← immporte · imoprte · imporet · imporrte · importte · impotre · impporte · improte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "impacté" for "importe" ever safe?
Frequency check: "impacté" vs "importe" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "impacté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impacté" and "importe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impacté vs impute". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #245,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.