Which to use
“excursion” and “expulsion” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,617
- “excursion” frequency rank
- #8,243
- “expulsion” frequency rank
- 24860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excursion | expulsion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Course au dehors, promenade de recherche, de découverte. | Action d’expulser. |
Where the eye mixes excursion and expulsion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses excursion with expulsion
A purely visual mix-up. excursion (\ɛk.skyʁ.sjɔ̃\) and expulsion (\ɛks.pyl.sjɔ̃\) 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 24860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excursion is recorded at frequency rank #16,617, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.skyʁ.sjɔ̃\. expulsion is at rank #8,243, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.pyl.sjɔ̃\.
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 24860, this pair ranks #344,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of excursion vs expulsion
Shared letters: einosux. Private to "excursion": cr. Private to "expulsion": lp.
"excursion" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "expulsion" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excursion" and "expulsion" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "excursion" or "expulsion"?
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 "excursion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expulsion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excursion" and "expulsion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émulsion vs expulsion". 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 #344,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.