Which to use
“exhorte” and “exportée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,968
- “exhorte” frequency rank
- #47,330
- “exportée” frequency rank
- 72298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exhorte | exportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhorter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de exporter. |
Where the eye mixes exhorte and exportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses exhorte with exportée
A purely visual mix-up. exhorte (\ɛɡ.zɔʁt\) and exportée (\ɛk.spɔʁ.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exhorte is recorded at frequency rank #24,968, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɔʁt\. exportée is at rank #47,330, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.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 72298, this pair ranks #44,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exhorte vs exportée
Shared letters: eortx. Private to "exhorte": h. Private to "exportée": pé.
"exhorte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "exportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exhorte ← ehxorte · exhhorte · exhoret · exhorrte · exhortte · exhotre · exhrote · exohrte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exhorte" and "exportée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "exhorte" or "exportée"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "exhorte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exhorte" and "exportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportée vs exportées". 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 #44,482 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.