Which to use
“importée” and “importées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,995
- “importée” frequency rank
- #28,598
- “importées” frequency rank
- 57593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importée | importées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de importé. | Féminin pluriel de importé. |
Same sound, different letters: importée vs importées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. importée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against importées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: importée vs importées
This is the hard kind. importée and importées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “importée” sits inside “importées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importée is recorded at frequency rank #28,995, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\. importées is at rank #28,598, 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 57593, this pair ranks #114,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importée vs importées
Shared letters: eimoprté. Private to "importée": -. Private to "importées": s.
"importée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "importées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "importée" and "importées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "importée" or "importées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "importée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importée" and "importées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "importée vs importent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #114,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.