impor vs import, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“impor” is a verb and “import” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,649
“impor” frequency rank: #30,204
“import” frequency rank: 37853
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	impor	import
Definition	colocar sobre, sobrepor	de importação

Letter map: impor vs import

Shared letters muted; letters that set impor and import apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. impor runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against import's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch

impor

6 ch

import

Grammar separator: impor vs import

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: impor is averb and importanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “impor” sits inside “import”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impor is recorded at frequency rank #7,649, classified as averb. 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 37853, this pair ranks #28,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of impor vs import

Shared letters: imopr. Private to "impor": -. Private to "import": t.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

impor ← immpor · imopr · imporr · imppor · impro · ipmor · mipor
import ← immport · imoprt · imporrt · importt · impotr · impport · improt · ipmort

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "impor" and "import" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "impor" is a verb and "import" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "impor" or "import" show up more?

"impor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,649 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.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "impor" 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 #28,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"impor" 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 #28,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.