exode

/\ɛɡ.zɔd\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,594

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

exode is aFrenchnoun. It means: Dernière partie d’une tragédie grecque, qui, après la sortie du chœur, contenait le dénouement. Pronounced \ɛɡ.zɔd\. Often confused with exposé and exo.

Key facts for exode
PropertyValue
Headwordexode
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zɔd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,594
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of exode in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exode is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛɡ.zɔd\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,594 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for exode, with forms such as "eoxde", "exdoe", and "exodde". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "exposé", "exo", "école", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is exode, spelled E-X-O-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dernière partie d’une tragédie grecque, qui, après la sortie du chœur, contenait le dénouement.
  2. 2
    Dernière partie d’une tragédie grecque, qui, après la sortie du chœur, contenait le dénouement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eoxde,exdoe,exodde,exoed,exxode,xeode

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exode

Misspelling Variants of "exode"

eoxde5exdoe5exodde6exoed5exxode6xeode5
Misspelling Variants of "exode"

Frequency rank: #13,594 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exode"?
"exode" is spelled E-X-O-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɔd\.
What does "exode" mean?
As a noun, "exode" means: Dernière partie d’une tragédie grecque, qui, après la sortie du chœur, contenait le dénouement.
What words are commonly confused with "exode"?
"exode" is commonly confused with "exposé", "exo", "école". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exode"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exode" is \ɛɡ.zɔd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exode" come from?
"exode" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.