ímparvsimportWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“ímpar” and “import” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,650
“ímpar” frequency rank
#30,204
“import” frequency rank
46854
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ímpar import
Definition que não é divisível por dois (diz-se de número) de importação

Letter map: ímpar vs import

Shared letters muted; letters that set ímpar and import apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
ímpar
6 ch
import

Spelling & dictionary notes on ímpar vs import

ímpar and import are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ímpar is recorded at frequency rank #16,650, classified as anadj. import is at rank #30,204, tagged as anadj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 46854, this pair ranks #18,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ímpar vs import

Shared letters: mpr. Private to "ímpar": . Private to "import": iot.

"ímpar" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "import" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • importimmport · imoprt · imporrt · importt · impotr · impport · improt · ipmort

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ímpar" and "import" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ímpar" or "import" show up more?
"ímpar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,650 in our Portuguese list, against #30,204 for "import". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "ímpar" and "import". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ímpar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "import" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ímpar" and "import" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "import vs impuro". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #18,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list