escortesvsexportésWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#45,021
“escortes” frequency rank
#32,814
“exportés” frequency rank
77835
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature escortes exportés
Definition Pluriel de escorte. Participe passé masculin pluriel de exporter.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set escortes and exportés apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
escortes
8 ch
exportés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escortes is \ɛs.kɔʁt\ while exportés is \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

escortes is recorded at frequency rank #45,021, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kɔʁt\. exportés is at rank #32,814, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\.

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 77835, this pair ranks #27,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of escortes vs exportés

Shared letters: eorst. Private to "escortes": c. Private to "exportés": pxé.

"escortes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "exportés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • escortesecsortes · esccortes · escorets · escorrtes · escortess · escortse · escorttes · escotres

Frequency comparison

escortes#45,021
exportés#32,814

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "escortes" and "exportés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "escortes" is a noun and "exportés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "escortes" or "exportés"?
"exportés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,814 in our French list, against #45,021 for "escortes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering escortes vs exportés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “escortes”; for a verb, it's “exportés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “escortes” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list