Which to use
“exclusive” and “exclusivité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,848
- “exclusive” frequency rank
- #9,829
- “exclusivité” frequency rank
- 18677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exclusive | exclusivité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En droit canon, vote du conclave écartant un candidat au pontificat. | Qualité de ce qui est exclusif, sans partage. |
Where the eye mixes exclusive and exclusivité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. exclusive runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against exclusivité's 11 (VCCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between exclusive and exclusivité
A purely visual mix-up. exclusive (\ɛk.skly.ziv\) and exclusivité (\ɛks.kly.zi.vi.te\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18677, 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\. exclusivité is at rank #9,829, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.kly.zi.vi.te\.
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 18677, this pair ranks #377,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exclusive vs exclusivité
Shared letters: ceilsuvx. Private to "exclusive": -. Private to "exclusivité": té.
"exclusive" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV · "exclusivité" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exclusive ← ecxlusive · excclusive · excllusive · exclsuive · excluisve · exclusiev · exclusivve · exclussive
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exclusive" for "exclusivité" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exclusive" vs "exclusivité" - which ranks higher?
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 "exclusive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exclusivité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exclusive" and "exclusivité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exclusive vs explosive". 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 #377,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.