Which to use
“importance” is a noun and “importante” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,182
- “importance” frequency rank
- #1,029
- “importante” frequency rank
- 2211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importance | importante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui fait qu’une chose est d’un grand intérêt, est considérable par elle-même, ou par les circonstances qui l’accompagnent, ou par les suites qu’elle peut avoir. | Féminin singulier d'important. |
Where the eye mixes importance and importante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. importance and importante follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between importance and importante
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: importance is \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃s\ while importante is \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “importance” becomes t in “importante”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importance is recorded at frequency rank #1,182, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃s\. importante is at rank #1,029, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃t\.
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 2211, this pair ranks #436,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of importance vs importante
Shared letters: aeimnoprt. Private to "importance": c. Private to "importante": -.
"importance" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV · "importante" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- importance ← immportance · imoprtance · imporatnce · imporrtance · importacne · importancce · importanec · importannce
- importante ← immportante · imoprtante · imporatnte · imporrtante · importanet · importannte · importantte · importatne
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "importance" and "importante" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "importance" vs "importante" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "importance" and "importante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "importance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importance" and "importante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "importait vs importante". 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 #436,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.