Which to use
“exilé” and “exode” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,950
- “exilé” frequency rank
- #13,594
- “exode” frequency rank
- 31544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exilé | exode |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui quitte volontairement ou non son lieu de vie original. | Dernière partie d’une tragédie grecque, qui, après la sortie du chœur, contenait le dénouement. |
Where the eye mixes exilé and exode
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between exilé and exode
A purely visual mix-up. exilé (\ɛɡ.zi.le\) and exode (\ɛɡ.zɔd\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exilé is recorded at frequency rank #17,950, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\. exode is at rank #13,594, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɔd\.
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 31544, this pair ranks #303,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exilé vs exode
Shared letters: ex. Private to "exilé": ilé. Private to "exode": do.
"exilé" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "exode" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exode ← eoxde · exdoe · exodde · exoed · exxode · xeode
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exilé" for "exode" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exilé" or "exode" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exilé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exode" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #303,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exilé" and "exode" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilé". 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 #303,133 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.