Which to use
“import” and “impôt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,562
- “import” frequency rank
- #2,227
- “impôt” frequency rank
- 21789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | import | impôt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Importation. | Prélèvement pécuniaire, établi par la loi, obligatoire et sans contrepartie directe, perçu par l’État ou les collectivités publiques afin de financer les dépenses publiques. |
Where the eye mixes import and impôt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between import and impôt
A purely visual mix-up. import (\ɛ̃.pɔʁ\) and impôt (\ɛ̃.po\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
import is recorded at frequency rank #19,562, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ\. impôt is at rank #2,227, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.po\.
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 21789, this pair ranks #361,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of import vs impôt
Shared letters: impt. Private to "import": or. Private to "impôt": ô.
"import" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "impôt" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- import ← immport · imoprt · imporrt · importt · impotr · impport · improt · ipmort
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "import" for "impôt" ever safe?
Frequency check: "import" vs "impôt" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "import" and "impôt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "import" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impôt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "import" and "impôt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Imbert vs import". 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 #361,411 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.