importar

//ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,210

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

importar is aPortugueseverb. It means: determinar que venha ou trazer de outro país Pronounced /ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/. It ranks #5,210 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with import and imortal.

Key facts for importar
PropertyValue
Headwordimportar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,210
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of importar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for importar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,210 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for importar, with forms such as "immportar", "imoprtar", and "imporatr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "import", "imortal", "implorar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is importar, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    determinar que venha ou trazer de outro país
  2. 2
    trazer algo de fora de um sistema
  3. 3
    (prep. em) produzir como consequência; acarretar, implicar, redundar
  4. 4
    (prep. a) ter valor ou interesse; convir, cumprir
  5. 5
    (prep. a) ser útil, necessário
  6. 6
    (prep. em) atingir determinada quantia
  7. 7
    atribuir importância, fazer caso

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immportar,imoprtar,imporatr,imporrtar,importarr,importra,importtar,impotrar,impportar,improtar,ipmortar,miportar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for importar

Misspelling Variants of "importar"

immportar9imoprtar8imporatr8imporrtar9importarr9importra8importtar9impotrar8
Misspelling Variants of "importar"

Frequency rank: #5,210 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "importar"?
"importar" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "importar" mean?
As a verb, "importar" means: determinar que venha ou trazer de outro país
What words are commonly confused with "importar"?
"importar" is commonly confused with "import", "imortal", "implorar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "importar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "importar" is /ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "importar" come from?
"importar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.