import

adj

The verdict

“import” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,204. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,204
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de importação

Corpus desk

Index PT-import · import · Portuguese

import · rank #30,204 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,204
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH iminência

Nearest frequency peer: iminência (-3 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 “import”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “import” 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).

import vs impuro
67% similar
import vs imposto
71% similar
import vs importar
75% similar

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

Key facts for import
PropertyValue
Headwordimport
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,204
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “import”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).importcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “iminência” (#30,201), “inalação” (#30,207), “Homero” (#30,198). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “import” fica em #30,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around import, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,204 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "de importação".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for import, with forms such as "immport", "imoprt", and "imporrt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "impuro", "imposto", "importar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is import, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    de importação

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immport
  • imoprt
  • imporrt
  • importt
  • impotr
  • impport
  • improt
  • ipmort
  • miport

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of import - 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.

immport1imoprt2imporrt1importt1impotr2impport1improt2ipmort2
Edit distance from "import"

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 "import"?
"import" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T.
What does "import" mean?
As an adjective, "import" means: de importação
What words are commonly confused with "import"?
"import" is commonly confused with "impuro", "imposto", "importar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "import" come from?
"import" 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 "import", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list