ímpar
The verdict
“ímpar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #16,650 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #16,650
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que não é divisível por dois (diz-se de número)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ímpar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ímpar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ímpar is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #16,650 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ímpar, with forms such as "mípar", "ímapr", and "ímmpar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "impor", "import", "impuro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ímpar, spelled Í-M-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1que não é divisível por dois (diz-se de número)
- 2diz-se do elemento que, numa série, ocupa a posição de um número ímpar
- 3que não tem par, único
- 4sem igual
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mípar,ímapr,ímmpar,ímparr,ímppar,ímpra,ípmar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ímpar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ímpar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Í-M-P-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “impor” - see the side-by-side comparison. ímpar vs impor
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.