Which to use
“importées” is an adjective and “importer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,598
- “importées” frequency rank
- #15,412
- “importer” frequency rank
- 44010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | importées | importer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de importé. | Apporter, introduire dans un pays des productions étrangères. |
Same sound, different letters: importées vs importer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - importées and importer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: importées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44010, 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\. 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 44010, this pair ranks #213,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of importées vs importer
Shared letters: eimoprt. Private to "importées": sé. Private to "importer": -.
"importées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "importer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- importer ← immporter · imoprter · imporetr · imporrter · importerr · importre · importter · impotrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "importées" and "importer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "importées" vs "importer" - which ranks higher?
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 "importées" 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 #213,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "importées" 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 #213,751 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.