Which to use
“importation” and “importations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,175
- “importation” frequency rank
- #10,015
- “importations” frequency rank
- 20190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importation | importations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’importer. | Pluriel de importation. |
Same sound, different letters: importation vs importations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. importation runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVVC) against importations's 12 (VCCVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - importation / importations
This is the hard kind. importation and importations are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “importation” sits inside “importations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importation is recorded at frequency rank #10,175, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\. importations is at rank #10,015, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\.
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 20190, this pair ranks #369,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of importation vs importations
Shared letters: aimnoprt. Private to "importation": -. Private to "importations": s.
"importation" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "importations" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- importation ← immportation · imoprtation · imporattion · imporrtation · importaiton · importatino · importationn · importatoin
- importations ← immportations · imoprtations · imporattions · imporrtations · importaitons · importatinos · importationns · importationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "importation" and "importations" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "importation" or "importations" show up more?
After this comparison
"importation" and "importations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "importation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importation" and "importations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "importation vs imputation". 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 #369,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.