Which to use
“excision” and “excursion” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,352
- “excision” frequency rank
- #16,617
- “excursion” frequency rank
- 45969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excision | excursion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Section et ablation d'un fragment d'organe ou de tissu. | Course au dehors, promenade de recherche, de découverte. |
Where the eye mixes excision and excursion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between excision and excursion
A purely visual mix-up. excision (\ɛk.si.zjɔ̃\) and excursion (\ɛk.skyʁ.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excision is recorded at frequency rank #29,352, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.si.zjɔ̃\. excursion is at rank #16,617, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.skyʁ.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 45969, this pair ranks #198,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excision vs excursion
Shared letters: ceinosx. Private to "excision": -. Private to "excursion": ru.
"excision" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "excursion" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excision" and "excursion" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "excision" or "excursion"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excision" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excursion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excision" and "excursion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excursion vs extorsion". 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 #198,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.