Which to use
“importée” is an adjective and “importer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,995
- “importée” frequency rank
- #15,412
- “importer” frequency rank
- 44407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importée | importer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de importé. | Apporter, introduire dans un pays des productions étrangères. |
Same sound, different letters: importée vs importer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - importée / importer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: importée and importer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44407, 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\. importer is at rank #15,412, tagged as averb, 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 44407, this pair ranks #210,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importée vs importer
Shared letters: eimoprt. Private to "importée": é. Private to "importer": -.
"importée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "importer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- importer ← immporter · imoprter · imporetr · imporrter · importerr · importre · importter · impotrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "importée" and "importer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "importée" or "importer" show up more?
After this comparison
"importée" and "importer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "importée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importée" and "importer" 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 #210,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.