Which to use
“importe” and “impute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #462
- “importe” frequency rank
- #43,494
- “impute” frequency rank
- 43956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importe | impute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de importer. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imputer. |
Where the eye mixes importe and impute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: importe vs impute
A purely visual mix-up. importe (\ɛ̃.pɔʁt\) and impute (\ɛ̃.pyt\) 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 43956, 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\. impute is at rank #43,494, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pyt\.
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 43956, this pair ranks #214,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importe vs impute
Shared letters: eimpt. Private to "importe": or. Private to "impute": u.
"importe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "impute" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "importe" for "impute" ever safe?
Which is more common, "importe" or "impute"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "importe" and "impute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "importe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importe" and "impute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impulse 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 #214,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.