exil

\ɛɡ.zil\

/\ɛɡ.zil\/ noun

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The verdict

“exil” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,503
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de celui que l’autorité force à vivre hors de sa patrie, ou qui s’y résout lui-même.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exil · exil · French

exil · rank #6,503 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,503
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exclusif

Nearest frequency peer: exclusif (-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 « exil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exil » 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).

exil vs exp
50% similar
exil vs exo
50% similar
exil vs ext
50% similar

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

Key facts for exil
PropertyValue
Headwordexil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zil\
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,503
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exil »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).exilse 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 « exclusif » (#6,502), « existant » (#6,504), « entretiens » (#6,501). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exil » est au #6,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around exil (IPA \ɛɡ.zil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,503 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for exil, with forms such as "eixl", "exill", and "exli". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "exp", "exo", "ext", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is exil, spelled E-X-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de celui que l’autorité force à vivre hors de sa patrie, ou qui s’y résout lui-même.
  2. 2
    Tout séjour dans un lieu qui n’est pas celui où l’on voudrait être, de tout éloignement qui prive de certains agréments que l’on regrette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Envoyer en exil.
  2. Aller en exil.

This word in other languages

exile(English)destierro(Español)Exil(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eixl
  • exill
  • exli
  • exxil
  • xeil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exil - 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.

eixl2exill1exli2exxil1xeil2
Edit distance from "exil"

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 "exil"?
"exil" is spelled E-X-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zil\.
What does "exil" mean?
As a noun, "exil" means: État de celui que l’autorité force à vivre hors de sa patrie, ou qui s’y résout lui-même.
What words are commonly confused with "exil"?
"exil" is commonly confused with "exp", "exo", "ext". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exil" is \ɛɡ.zil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exil" come from?
"exil" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

duel#6,497idem#6,513Crie#6,488just#6,522

Similar misspelling depth

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

lame5 variantsbars5 variantssaga5 variantsélue5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list