exportation

\ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“exportation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,242
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’exporter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exportation · exportation · French

exportation · rank #8,242 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,242
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Expo

Nearest frequency peer: Expo (-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 « exportation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exportation » 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).

exportation vs exportations
92% similar
exportation vs expiration
82% similar
exportation vs exploration
82% similar

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

Key facts for exportation
PropertyValue
Headwordexportation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,242
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exportation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.exportationse 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 « Expo » (#8,241), « expulsion » (#8,243), « explose » (#8,240). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exportation » est au #8,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around exportation (IPA \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,242 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for exportation, with forms such as "epxortation", "exoprtation", and "exporattion". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "exportations", "expiration", "exploration", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is exportation, spelled E-X-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’exporter.
  2. 2
    Ce qui est exporté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La laine est un des principaux articles d’exportation. Une certaine quantité en reste dans le pays, où elle sert à rembourrer les matelas qui tiennent une place prépondérante dans l’ameublement des maisons marocaines, […].
  2. L’anarchisme s’est surtout manifesté par des grèves dures, conduites dans les secteurs les plus sensibles de l’économie d’exportation : bananeraies de Colombie, compagnies pétrolières du Mexique, […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxortation
  • exoprtation
  • exporattion
  • exporrtation
  • exportaiton
  • exportatino
  • exportationn
  • exportatoin
  • exportattion
  • exporttaion
  • exporttation
  • expotration
  • expportation
  • exprotation
  • exxportation
  • xeportation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epxortation2exoprtation2exporattion2exporrtation1exportaiton2exportatino2exportationn1exportatoin2
Edit distance from "exportation"

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 "exportation"?
"exportation" is spelled E-X-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "exportation" mean?
As a noun, "exportation" means: Action d’exporter.
What words are commonly confused with "exportation"?
"exportation" is commonly confused with "exportations", "expiration", "exploration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exportation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exportation" is \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exportation" come from?
"exportation" 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 "exportation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list