import vs imposto, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#30,204
“import” frequency rank: #3,841
“imposto” frequency rank: 34045
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	import	imposto
Definition	de importação	forçado

Letter map: import vs imposto

Shared letters muted; letters that set import and imposto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch

import

7 ch

imposto

Pair insight - import / imposto

import and imposto 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 34045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

import is recorded at frequency rank #30,204, classified as anadj. imposto is at rank #3,841, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩˈpoʃtu/.

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 34045, this pair ranks #33,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of import vs imposto

Shared letters: imopt. Private to "import": r. Private to "imposto": s.

"import" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "imposto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

import ← immport · imoprt · imporrt · importt · impotr · impport · improt · ipmort
imposto ← immposto · imopsto · imposot · impossto · impostto · impotso · impposto · impsoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "import" and "imposto" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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 "import" or "imposto" show up more?

"imposto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,841 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

Pair "import" vs "imposto" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "import" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "imposto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #33,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"import" and "imposto" 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 #33,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.