# excavation vs excitation

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### excavation
*noun · IPA \ɛk.ska.va.sjɔ̃\ · frequency rank #33,253*
Action de creuser un terrain.

### excitation
*noun · IPA \ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\ · frequency rank #11,767*
Action d’exciter.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/excavation-vs-excitation