Provided are: a curable composition for optical imprinting, which has excellent inkjet ejection accuracy and mold releasability, especially a curable composition for optical imprinting, which has excellent long-term stability in terms of inkjet ejection accuracy and mold releasability; a pattern forming method; and a pattern. A curable composition for optical imprinting, which contains a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a fluorine-containing compound that is represented by general formula (I). In general formula (I), Rf1 represents a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 2 or more fluorine atoms and 1-6 carbon atoms; R1 represents an alkyl group having 1-7 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6-8 carbon atoms; m represents an integer of 0-2; n represents an integer of 1-3; and in cases where n is 2 or 3, the Rf1 moieties may be different from each other.
