Which to use
“exhorte” and “exportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,968
- “exhorte” frequency rank
- #32,814
- “exportés” frequency rank
- 57782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exhorte | exportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhorter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de exporter. |
Where the eye mixes exhorte and exportés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between exhorte and exportés
A purely visual mix-up. exhorte (\ɛɡ.zɔʁt\) and exportés (\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 57782, 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\. exportés is at rank #32,814, 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 57782, this pair ranks #112,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exhorte vs exportés
Shared letters: eortx. Private to "exhorte": h. Private to "exportés": psé.
"exhorte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "exportés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exhorte ← ehxorte · exhhorte · exhoret · exhorrte · exhortte · exhotre · exhrote · exohrte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exhorte" for "exportés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exhorte" or "exportés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "exhorte" and "exportés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exhorte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exhorte" and "exportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportées vs exportés". 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 #112,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.