endortvsexportTell them apart

Quick tell: endort is a verb, export is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“endort” is a verb and “export” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,612
“endort” frequency rank
#13,595
“export” frequency rank
35207
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature endort export
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de endormir. Exportation.

Where the eye mixes endort and export

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
endort
6 ch
export

Visual trap between endort and export

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: endort is \ɑ̃.dɔʁ\ while export is \ɛks.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

endort is recorded at frequency rank #21,612, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.dɔʁ\. export is at rank #13,595, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.pɔʁ\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 35207, this pair ranks #278,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of endort vs export

Shared letters: eort. Private to "endort": dn. Private to "export": px.

"endort" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "export" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • endortednort · enddort · endorrt · endortt · endotr · endrot · enndort · enodrt
  • exportepxort · exoprt · exporrt · exportt · expotr · expport · exprot · exxport

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "endort" and "export" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "endort" is a verb and "export" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "endort" or "export" show up more?
"export" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,595 in our French list, against #21,612 for "endort". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "endort" and "export" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "endort" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "export" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #278,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "endort" and "export" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endort vs Enora". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #278,388 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list