exploit

\ɛks.plwa\

/\ɛks.plwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“exploit” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,438. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,438
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de guerre éclatante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exploit · exploit · French

exploit · rank #7,438 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,438
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exceptions

Nearest frequency peer: exceptions (-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 « exploit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exploit » 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).

exploit vs export
71% similar
exploit vs explose
71% similar
exploit vs explore
71% similar

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

Key facts for exploit
PropertyValue
Headwordexploit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛks.plwa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,438
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exploit »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.exploitse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exceptions » (#7,437), « entreprendre » (#7,436), « flou » (#7,440). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exploit » est au #7,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around exploit (IPA \ɛks.plwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,438 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for exploit, with forms such as "epxloit", "exlpoit", and "expliot". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "export", "explose", "explore", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct French form is exploit, spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de guerre éclatante.
  2. 2
    Acte qui n’est pas un acte de guerre, mais qui demande de la vaillance, de l’audace et qui aboutit à un résultat surprenant ou nouveau.
  3. 3
    Acte que fait un huissier pour assigner, ajourner, saisir, etc.
  4. 4
    Acte difficile à reproduire par le commun des mortels, et qui suscite l’admiration.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Exploit militaire. Glorieux exploit.
  2. Il s’est signalé par ses exploits.

This word in other languages

exploit(English)façanha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxloit
  • exlpoit
  • expliot
  • explloit
  • exploitt
  • exploti
  • expolit
  • expploit
  • exxploit
  • xeploit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epxloit2exlpoit2expliot2explloit1exploitt1exploti2expolit2expploit1
Edit distance from "exploit"

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 "exploit"?
"exploit" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.plwa\.
What does "exploit" mean?
As a noun, "exploit" means: Action de guerre éclatante.
What words are commonly confused with "exploit"?
"exploit" is commonly confused with "export", "explose", "explore". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exploit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exploit" is \ɛks.plwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exploit" come from?
"exploit" 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 "exploit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

détient#7,432diocèse#7,421deviner#7,420croiser#7,418

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

occurrence10 variantsouvrant10 variantsblocage10 variantspatrice10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list