impor

verb

The verdict

“impor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,649
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colocar sobre, sobrepor

Corpus desk

Index PT-impor · impor · Portuguese

impor · rank #7,649 · 7 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,649
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH justificativa

Nearest frequency peer: justificativa (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “impor”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “impor” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

impor vs import
83% similar
impor vs impuro
67% similar
impor vs Igor
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for impor
PropertyValue
Headwordimpor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,649
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “impor”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.imporcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “justificativa” (#7,651), “Guatemala” (#7,646), “gelado” (#7,645). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “impor” fica em #7,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around impor, averb. Corpus frequency is #7,649 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for impor, with forms such as "immpor", "imopr", and "imporr". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "import", "impuro", "Igor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is impor, spelled I-M-P-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    colocar sobre, sobrepor
  2. 2
    determinar, fixar como lei ou regra
  3. 3
    obrigar a aceitar, a cumprir
  4. 4
    infligir
  5. 5
    na tipografia, dispor as páginas na rama; fazer imposição
  6. 6
    fazer-se aceitar através de qualidades ou competência
  7. 7
    fazer-se obedecer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how impor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A mãe impõe que se lave as mãos antes de sentar à mesa.
  2. A lei impõe a obrigatoriedade de pagar os impostos.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpor
  • imopr
  • imporr
  • imppor
  • impro
  • ipmor
  • mipor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

immpor1imopr2imporr1imppor1impro2ipmor2mipor2
Edit distance from "impor"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impor"?
"impor" is spelled I-M-P-O-R.
What does "impor" mean?
As a verb, "impor" means: colocar sobre, sobrepor
What words are commonly confused with "impor"?
"impor" is commonly confused with "import", "impuro", "Igor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "impor" come from?
"impor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "impor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list