importar

/ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/

//ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“importar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,210
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - determinar que venha ou trazer de outro país

Corpus desk

Index PT-importar · importar · Portuguese

importar · rank #5,210 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,210
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH imperador

Nearest frequency peer: imperador (-1 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 “importar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “importar” 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).

importar vs import
75% similar
importar vs imortal
75% similar
importar vs implorar
75% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “importar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).importarcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “imperador” (#5,209), “inacreditável” (#5,211), “imigração” (#5,208). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “importar” fica em #5,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around importar (IPA /ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,210 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for importar, with forms such as "immportar", "imoprtar", and "imporatr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "import", "imortal", "implorar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is importar, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-R.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Continua gastando sem importar-se com as dívidas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immportar
  • imoprtar
  • imporatr
  • imporrtar
  • importarr
  • importra
  • importtar
  • impotrar
  • impportar
  • improtar
  • ipmortar
  • miportar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

immportar1imoprtar2imporatr2imporrtar1importarr1importra2importtar1impotrar2
Edit distance from "importar"

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 "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'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 "importar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fantasma#5,197negociar#5,230terminal#5,259sucedido#5,152

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

eficiente12 variantsacadêmico12 variantssobrinho12 variantsAnderson12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list