Which to use
“excursions” and “expulsions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,830
- “excursions” frequency rank
- #24,586
- “expulsions” frequency rank
- 44416
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excursions | expulsions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de excursion. | Pluriel de expulsion. |
Where the eye mixes excursions and expulsions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. excursions and expulsions follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between excursions and expulsions
A purely visual mix-up. excursions (\ɛk.skyʁ.sjɔ̃\) and expulsions (\ɛk.spyl.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 44416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excursions is recorded at frequency rank #19,830, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.skyʁ.sjɔ̃\. expulsions is at rank #24,586, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.spyl.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 44416, this pair ranks #210,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excursions vs expulsions
Shared letters: einosux. Private to "excursions": cr. Private to "expulsions": lp.
"excursions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC · "expulsions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- excursions ← ecxursions · exccursions · excrusions · excurisons · excurrsions · excursinos · excursionns · excursionss
- expulsions ← epxulsions · explusions · exppulsions · expulisons · expullsions · expulsinos · expulsionns · expulsionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excursions" for "expulsions" ever safe?
Which is more common, "excursions" or "expulsions"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "excursions" and "expulsions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excursions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expulsions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excursions" and "expulsions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exclusions vs excursions". 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 #210,640 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.