exploite

/\ɛks.plwat\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,770

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

exploite is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exploiter. Pronounced \ɛks.plwat\. Often confused with explose and explore.

Key facts for exploite
PropertyValue
Headwordexploite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛks.plwat\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,770
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exploite is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛks.plwat\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,770 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for exploite, with forms such as "epxloite", "exlpoite", and "expliote". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "explose", "explore", "exporte", 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 exploite, spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exploiter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exploiter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exploiter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exploiter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de exploiter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxloite,exlpoite,expliote,explloite,exploiet,exploitte,explotie,expolite,expploite,exxploite,xeploite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exploite

Misspelling Variants of "exploite"

epxloite8exlpoite8expliote8explloite9exploiet8exploitte9explotie8expolite8
Misspelling Variants of "exploite"

Frequency rank: #11,770 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exploite"?
"exploite" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.plwat\.
What does "exploite" mean?
As a verb, "exploite" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exploiter.
What words are commonly confused with "exploite"?
"exploite" is commonly confused with "explose", "explore", "exporte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exploite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exploite" is \ɛks.plwat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exploite" come from?
"exploite" 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.