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“exclusifs” and “exclusives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,281
“exclusifs” frequency rank
#18,742
“exclusives” frequency rank
38023
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exclusifs exclusives
Definition Masculin pluriel de exclusif. Féminin pluriel de exclusif.

Where the eye mixes exclusifs and exclusives

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. exclusifs runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCC) against exclusives's 10 (VCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
exclusifs
10 ch
exclusives

Look-alike desk: exclusifs vs exclusives

A purely visual mix-up. exclusifs (\ɛks.kly.zif\) and exclusives (\ɛks.kly.ziv\) 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 38023, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exclusifs is recorded at frequency rank #19,281, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly.zif\. exclusives is at rank #18,742, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly.ziv\.

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 38023, this pair ranks #258,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exclusifs vs exclusives

Shared letters: ceilsux. Private to "exclusifs": f. Private to "exclusives": v.

"exclusifs" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC  ·  "exclusives" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exclusifs ← ecxlusifs · excclusifs · excllusifs · exclsuifs · excluisfs · exclusfis · exclusiffs · exclusifss
  • exclusives ← ecxlusives · excclusives · excllusives · exclsuives · excluisves · exclusievs · exclusivess · exclusivse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exclusifs" and "exclusives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛks.kly.zif\ versus \ɛks.kly.ziv\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exclusifs" or "exclusives"?
"exclusives" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,742 in our French list, against #19,281 for "exclusifs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exclusifs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exclusives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #258,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exclusifs" and "exclusives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exclusifs vs exclusions". 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 #258,251 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