esportsvsExporteTell them apart

Which to use

“esports” and “Exporte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,728
“esports” frequency rank
#20,910
“Exporte” frequency rank
59638
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature esports Exporte
Definition Plural des Substantivs esport Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Export

Where the eye mixes esports and Exporte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
esports
7 ch
Exporte

Visual trap between esports and Exporte

A purely visual mix-up. esports ([əsˈpɔrts]) and Exporte ([ɛksˈpɔʁtə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

esports is recorded at frequency rank #38,728, classified as anoun, pronounced [əsˈpɔrts]. Exporte is at rank #20,910, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɛksˈpɔʁtə].

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 59638, this pair ranks #816,969 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of esports vs Exporte

Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "esports": s. Private to "Exporte": x.

"esports" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC  ·  "Exporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • esportsepsorts · esoprts · esporrts · esporst · esportss · esportts · espotrs · espports
  • Exporteepxorte · exoprte · exporet · exporrte · exportte · expotre · expporte · exprote

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "esports" and "Exporte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([əsˈpɔrts] versus [ɛksˈpɔʁtə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "esports" vs "Exporte" - which ranks higher?
"Exporte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,910 in our German list, against #38,728 for "esports". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "esports" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Exporte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #816,969 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "esports" and "Exporte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empörte vs esports". 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 #816,969 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list