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. |
Same sound, different letters: exclusive vs exclusives
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. exclusive runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against exclusives's 10 (VCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exclusive vs exclusives
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
- exclusive ← ecxlusive · excclusive · excllusive · exclsuive · excluisve · exclusiev · exclusivve · exclussive
- exclusives ← ecxlusives · excclusives · excllusives · exclsuives · excluisves · exclusievs · exclusivess · exclusivse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exclusive" and "exclusives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "exclusive" vs "exclusives" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "exclusive" / "exclusives". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exclusive" 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 #328,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exclusive" and "exclusives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exclusions vs exclusives". 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 #328,016 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.