importance

Name: importance, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s/

//ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“importance” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,981 among 1,526 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,981
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,526
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - importância

Key facts for importance
Property	Value
Headword	importance
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#57,981
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “importance” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). importance lands here:

#57,981

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

importance is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,981 among 1,526 “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

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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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Using “importance”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-M-P-O-R-T-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ɛ̃ pɔʁ tɑ̃s/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.