exploiter

\ɛks.plwa.te\

/\ɛks.plwa.te\/ verb

The verdict

“exploiter” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,980
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire valoir une chose, en tirer le profit du produit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exploiter · exploiter · French

exploiter · rank #5,980 · 13 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,980
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH excuser

Nearest frequency peer: excuser (-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 « exploiter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exploiter » 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).

exploiter vs explorer
78% similar
exploiter vs exploser
78% similar
exploiter vs exploits
78% similar

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

Key facts for exploiter
PropertyValue
Headwordexploiter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛks.plwa.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,980
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exploiter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exploiterse 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 « excuser » (#5,979), « filiale » (#5,981), « enseigner » (#5,978). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exploiter » est au #5,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around exploiter (IPA \ɛks.plwa.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,980 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for exploiter, with forms such as "epxloiter", "exlpoiter", and "explioter". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "explorer", "exploser", "exploits", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is exploiter, spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire valoir une chose, en tirer le profit du produit.
  2. 2
    Tirer des profits illicites.
  3. 3
    Tirer profit de quelqu'un.
  4. 4
    Utiliser habilement à son profit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les excursionnistes continuent leur marche vers Logny-Bogny et visitent deux carrières qui exploitent les calcaires blancs du Bathonien moyen au voisinage du pont où la voie ferrée de Liart à Charleville franchit la route ; […].
  2. Les entreprises de messagerie et de messagerie express exploitent des entrepôts locaux et régionaux qu'elles utilisent pour les opérations de groupage.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxloiter
  • exlpoiter
  • explioter
  • explloiter
  • exploietr
  • exploiterr
  • exploitre
  • exploitter
  • explotier
  • expoliter
  • expploiter
  • exxploiter
  • xeploiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exploiter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epxloiter2exlpoiter2explioter2explloiter1exploietr2exploiterr1exploitre2exploitter1
Edit distance from "exploiter"

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 "exploiter"?
"exploiter" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.plwa.te\.
What does "exploiter" mean?
As a verb, "exploiter" means: Faire valoir une chose, en tirer le profit du produit.
What words are commonly confused with "exploiter"?
"exploiter" is commonly confused with "explorer", "exploser", "exploits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exploiter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exploiter" is \ɛks.plwa.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exploiter" come from?
"exploiter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list