importance

/ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s/

//ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s// noun

The verdict

“importance” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,981 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,981
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-importance · importance · Portuguese

importance · rank #57,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,981
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH hug

Nearest frequency peer: hug (-6 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “importance”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “importance” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for importance
PropertyValue
Headwordimportance
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s/
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,981
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “importance” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).importancecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “hug” (#57,975), “intuitivamente” (#57,996), “ish” (#58,000). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “importance” fica em #57,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

importance is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,981 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "importância".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for importance, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is importance, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    importância

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 "importance"?
"importance" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s/.
What does "importance" mean?
As a noun, "importance" means: importância
How do you pronounce "importance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "importance" is /ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "importance" come from?
"importance" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list