exhortation

\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“exhortation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,785
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’exhorter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exhortation · exhortation · French

exhortation · rank #41,785 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,785
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH excitent

Nearest frequency peer: excitent (-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 « exhortation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exhortation » 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).

exhortation vs exportation
91% similar
exhortation vs exportations
83% similar

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

Key facts for exhortation
PropertyValue
Headwordexhortation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#41,785
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exhortation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exhortationse 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 « excitent » (#41,784), « exigera » (#41,786), « existentiel » (#41,787). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exhortation » est au #41,785. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around exhortation (IPA \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,785 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for exhortation, with forms such as "ehxortation", "exhhortation", and "exhorattion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "exportation", "exportations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is exhortation, spelled E-X-H-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’exhorter.
  2. 2
    Discours pieux qu’on fait pour exciter à la dévotion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Comanches et les trappeurs prirent la file indienne et, précédés de leurs chefs respectifs, ils quittèrent le camp, au milieu des souhaits et des exhortations de leurs amis, […].
  2. Ces barbares témoignèrent le plus profond respect pour les exhortations de leur prêtre, et s’assirent sur l’herbe.

This word in other languages

exhortation(English)exhortación(Español)Schreiben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehxortation
  • exhhortation
  • exhorattion
  • exhorrtation
  • exhortaiton
  • exhortatino
  • exhortationn
  • exhortatoin
  • exhortattion
  • exhorttaion
  • exhorttation
  • exhotration
  • exhrotation
  • exohrtation
  • exxhortation
  • xehortation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exhortation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ehxortation2exhhortation1exhorattion2exhorrtation1exhortaiton2exhortatino2exhortationn1exhortatoin2
Edit distance from "exhortation"

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 "exhortation"?
"exhortation" is spelled E-X-H-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "exhortation" mean?
As a noun, "exhortation" means: Action d’exhorter.
What words are commonly confused with "exhortation"?
"exhortation" is commonly confused with "exportation", "exportations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exhortation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exhortation" is \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exhortation" come from?
"exhortation" 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 "exhortation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

existentiel#41,787franciscain#41,792guitaristes#41,814définissait#41,751

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

félicitent16 variantsencaissement16 variantsdéductible16 variantsdictatorial16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list