Which to use
“importe” is a verb and “importée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #462
- “importe” frequency rank
- #28,995
- “importée” frequency rank
- 29457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importe | importée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de importer. | Féminin singulier de importé. |
Where the eye mixes importe and importée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between importe and importée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: importe is \ɛ̃.pɔʁt\ while importée is \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importe is recorded at frequency rank #462, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁt\. importée is at rank #28,995, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\.
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 29457, this pair ranks #316,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importe vs importée
Shared letters: eimoprt. Private to "importe": -. Private to "importée": é.
"importe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "importée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- importe ← immporte · imoprte · imporet · imporrte · importte · impotre · impporte · improte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "importe" and "importée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "importe" vs "importée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "importe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importe" and "importée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "importée vs importées". 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 #316,541 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.