import vs impuro, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#30,204
“import” frequency rank: #41,064
“impuro” frequency rank: 71268
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	import	impuro
Definition	de importação	que não é puro

Letter map: import vs impuro

Shared letters muted; letters that set import and impuro apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

import

6 ch

impuro

Spelling & dictionary notes on import vs impuro

import and impuro 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

import is recorded at frequency rank #30,204, classified as anadj. impuro is at rank #41,064, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.ˈpu.ɾu/.

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 71268, this pair ranks #3,382 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of import vs impuro

Shared letters: imopr. Private to "import": t. Private to "impuro": u.

"import" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "impuro" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

import ← immport · imoprt · imporrt · importt · impotr · impport · improt · ipmort
impuro ← immpuro · imppuro · impruo · impuor · impurro · imupro · ipmuro · mipuro

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "import" for "impuro" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "import" or "impuro"?

"import" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,204 in our Portuguese list, against #41,064 for "impuro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "import" and "impuro".

Full dictionary entry for "import" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "impuro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #3,382 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"import" and "impuro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imaturo 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 #3,382 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.