Which to use
“export” is an adjective and “exporter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,758
- “export” frequency rank
- #19,832
- “exporter” frequency rank
- 24590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | export | exporter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of or relating to exportation or exports. | One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country. |
Letter map: export vs exporter
Shared letters muted; letters that set export and exporter apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - export and exporter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: export is anadjective and exporteranoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “export” sits inside “exporter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
export is recorded at frequency rank #4,758, classified as anadj. exporter is at rank #19,832, tagged as anoun.
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 24590, this pair ranks #400,840 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of export vs exporter
Shared letters: eoprtx. Private to "export": -. Private to "exporter": -.
"export" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "exporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "export" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exporter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,840 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "export" and "exporter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "export vs exposé". 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 #400,840 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.