Which to use
“exile” and “exit” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,042
- “exile” frequency rank
- #3,943
- “exit” frequency rank
- 12985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exile | exit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The state of being banished from one's home or country. | An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. |
Where the eye mixes exile and exit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. exile (/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/) and exit (/ˈɛksɪt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exile is recorded at frequency rank #9,042, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/. exit is at rank #3,943, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛksɪt/.
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 12985, this pair ranks #478,379 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exile vs exit
Shared letters: eix. Private to "exile": l. Private to "exit": t.
"exile" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC