exclusive

\ɛk.skly.ziv\

/\ɛk.skly.ziv\/ noun

The verdict

“exclusive” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,848
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En droit canon, vote du conclave écartant un candidat au pontificat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exclusive · exclusive · French

exclusive · rank #8,848 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,848
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH excellents

Nearest frequency peer: excellents (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « exclusive »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « exclusive » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exclusive vs explosive
78% similar
exclusive vs exclusives
90% similar
exclusive vs exclusivité
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exclusive
PropertyValue
Headwordexclusive
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.skly.ziv\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,848
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exclusive »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exclusivese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « excellents » (#8,847), « exigence » (#8,849), « estimée » (#8,846). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exclusive » est au #8,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around exclusive (IPA \ɛk.skly.ziv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,848 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for exclusive, with forms such as "ecxlusive", "excclusive", and "excllusive". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "explosive", "exclusives", "exclusivité", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is exclusive, spelled E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    En droit canon, vote du conclave écartant un candidat au pontificat.
  2. 2
    Action d'exclure résolument une personne, une idée, une solution.
  3. 3
    Exclusivité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exclusive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En fait, Rampolla avait déjà fait le plein de ses voix, sans arriver aux deux tiers, quand l’exclusive fut lancée.
  2. Jeter, lancer, prononcer l'exclusive contre quelque chose ou quelqu’un.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxlusive
  • excclusive
  • excllusive
  • exclsuive
  • excluisve
  • exclusiev
  • exclusivve
  • exclussive
  • exclusvie
  • exculsive
  • exlcusive
  • exxclusive
  • xeclusive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exclusive - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ecxlusive2excclusive1excllusive1exclsuive2excluisve2exclusiev2exclusivve1exclussive1
Edit distance from "exclusive"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exclusive"?
"exclusive" is spelled E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.skly.ziv\.
What does "exclusive" mean?
As a noun, "exclusive" means: En droit canon, vote du conclave écartant un candidat au pontificat.
What words are commonly confused with "exclusive"?
"exclusive" is commonly confused with "explosive", "exclusives", "exclusivité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exclusive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exclusive" is \ɛk.skly.ziv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exclusive" come from?
"exclusive" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exclusive", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list