Which to use
“importées” is an adjective and “importent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,598
- “importées” frequency rank
- #23,240
- “importent” frequency rank
- 51838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importées | importent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de importé. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de importer. |
Where the eye mixes importées and importent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses importées with importent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: importées is \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\ while importent is \ɛ̃.pɔʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
importées is recorded at frequency rank #28,598, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te\. importent is at rank #23,240, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁt\.
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 51838, this pair ranks #152,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importées vs importent
Shared letters: eimoprt. Private to "importées": sé. Private to "importent": n.
"importées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "importent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- importent ← immportent · imoprtent · imporetnt · imporrtent · importennt · importentt · importetn · importnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "importées" and "importent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "importées" or "importent"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "importées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importées" and "importent" 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 #152,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.