Which to use
“exil” and “exit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,503
- “exil” frequency rank
- #21,315
- “exit” frequency rank
- 27818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exil | exit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État de celui que l’autorité force à vivre hors de sa patrie, ou qui s’y résout lui-même. | Sortie théâtrale. |
Where the eye mixes exil and exit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exil vs exit
A purely visual mix-up. exil (\ɛɡ.zil\) and exit (\ɛɡ.zit\) 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 a single letter - l in “exil” becomes t in “exit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exil is recorded at frequency rank #6,503, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zil\. exit is at rank #21,315, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zit\.
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 27818, this pair ranks #326,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exil vs exit
Shared letters: eix. Private to "exil": l. Private to "exit": t.
"exil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exil" and "exit" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "exil" or "exit"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "exil" and "exit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exil" and "exit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edito vs exit". 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 #326,586 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.