exclusivevsexclusivesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: exclusive is a noun, exclusives is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“exclusive” is a noun and “exclusives” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,848
“exclusive” frequency rank
#18,742
“exclusives” frequency rank
27590
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exclusive exclusives
Definition En droit canon, vote du conclave écartant un candidat au pontificat. Féminin pluriel de exclusif.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set exclusive and exclusives apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
exclusive
10 ch
exclusives

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: exclusive and exclusives carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛk.skly.ziv\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exclusive” sits inside “exclusives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exclusive is recorded at frequency rank #8,848, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.skly.ziv\. 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 27590, this pair ranks #328,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exclusive vs exclusives

Shared letters: ceilsuvx. Private to "exclusive": -. Private to "exclusives": -.

"exclusive" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "exclusives" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exclusiveecxlusive · excclusive · excllusive · exclsuive · excluisve · exclusiev · exclusivve · exclussive
  • exclusivesecxlusives · excclusives · excllusives · exclsuives · excluisves · exclusievs · exclusivess · exclusivse

Frequency comparison

exclusive#8,848
exclusives#18,742

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exclusive" and "exclusives" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exclusive" is a noun and "exclusives" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "exclusive" or "exclusives"?
"exclusive" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,848 in our French list, against #18,742 for "exclusives". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering exclusive vs exclusives

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “exclusive”; for an adjective, it's “exclusives”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “exclusive” 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