Which to use
“exclusives” and “explosives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,742
- “exclusives” frequency rank
- #30,152
- “explosives” frequency rank
- 48894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exclusives | explosives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de exclusif. | Féminin pluriel de explosif. |
Where the eye mixes exclusives and explosives
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. exclusives and explosives follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses exclusives with explosives
A purely visual mix-up. exclusives (\ɛks.kly.ziv\) and explosives (\ɛks.plo.ziv\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exclusives is recorded at frequency rank #18,742, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly.ziv\. explosives is at rank #30,152, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.plo.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 48894, this pair ranks #175,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exclusives vs explosives
Shared letters: eilsvx. Private to "exclusives": cu. Private to "explosives": op.
"exclusives" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC · "explosives" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exclusives ← ecxlusives · excclusives · excllusives · exclsuives · excluisves · exclusievs · exclusivess · exclusivse
- explosives ← epxlosives · exlposives · expllosives · exploisves · explosievs · explosivess · explosivse · explosivves
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exclusives" and "explosives" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "exclusives" or "explosives" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exclusives" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "explosives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exclusives" and "explosives" 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 #175,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.