exclave
\eks.klav\
The verdict
“exclave” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie d’un pays ou d’un territoire non reliée à la partie principale de celui-ci et frontalière d’autres pays ou territoires.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exclave · exclave · French
exclave · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exclave |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \eks.klav\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exclave » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exclave is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \eks.klav\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie d’un pays ou d’un territoire non reliée à la partie principale de celui-ci et frontalière d’autres pays ou territoires.".
exclave has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is exclave, spelled E-X-C-L-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1Partie d’un pays ou d’un territoire non reliée à la partie principale de celui-ci et frontalière d’autres pays ou territoires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exclave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1960, l’enclave ou mieux l’exclave, de Cabinda comptait 58 547 habitants dont 1 922 Blancs.
Kaliningrad a souffert de sa situation d'« exclave », où « l’effet de rupture », comme en Corse […]
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.