Which to use
“exaltation” and “excitation” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,954
- “exaltation” frequency rank
- #11,767
- “excitation” frequency rank
- 43721
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exaltation | excitation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’élever très haut. | Action d’exciter. |
Where the eye mixes exaltation and excitation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. exaltation (VCVCCVCVVC) and excitation (VCCVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between exaltation and excitation
A purely visual mix-up. exaltation (\ɛ.ɡzal.ta.sjɔ̃\) and excitation (\ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exaltation is recorded at frequency rank #31,954, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.ɡzal.ta.sjɔ̃\. excitation is at rank #11,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\.
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 43721, this pair ranks #215,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exaltation vs excitation
Shared letters: aeinotx. Private to "exaltation": l. Private to "excitation": c.
"exaltation" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVC · "excitation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exaltation ← eaxltation · exalattion · exalltation · exaltaiton · exaltatino · exaltationn · exaltatoin · exaltattion
- excitation ← ecxitation · exccitation · exciattion · excitaiton · excitatino · excitationn · excitatoin · excitattion
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exaltation" for "excitation" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exaltation" or "excitation"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "exaltation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excitation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exaltation" and "excitation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excitation vs expiation". 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 #215,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.