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“exhortation” and “exportations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,785
“exhortation” frequency rank
#7,185
“exportations” frequency rank
48970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exhortation exportations
Definition Action d’exhorter. Pluriel de exportation.

Where the eye mixes exhortation and exportations

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
exhortation
12 ch
exportations

Look-alike desk: exhortation vs exportations

A purely visual mix-up. exhortation (\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\) and exportations (\ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exhortation is recorded at frequency rank #41,785, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\. exportations is at rank #7,185, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.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 48970, this pair ranks #174,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exhortation vs exportations

Shared letters: aeinortx. Private to "exhortation": h. Private to "exportations": ps.

"exhortation" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "exportations" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exhortationehxortation · exhhortation · exhorattion · exhorrtation · exhortaiton · exhortatino · exhortationn · exhortatoin
  • exportationsepxortations · exoprtations · exporattions · exporrtations · exportaitons · exportatinos · exportationns · exportationss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exhortation" and "exportations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\ versus \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exhortation" vs "exportations" - which ranks higher?
"exportations" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,185 in our French list, against #41,785 for "exhortation". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "exhortation" and "exportations" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exhortation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exhortation" and "exportations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exhortation vs exportation". 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 #174,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list