Which to use
“exilée” is a noun and “exiler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,601
- “exilée” frequency rank
- #28,165
- “exiler” frequency rank
- 73766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exilée | exiler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme exilée. | Envoyer en exil. |
Same sound, different letters: exilée vs exiler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. exilée (VCVCVV) and exiler (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - exilée and exiler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: exilée and exiler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛɡ.zi.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exilée is recorded at frequency rank #45,601, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\. exiler is at rank #28,165, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\.
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 73766, this pair ranks #39,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exilée vs exiler
Shared letters: eilx. Private to "exilée": é. Private to "exiler": r.
"exilée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exiler" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exiler ← eixler · exielr · exilerr · exiller · exilre · exlier · exxiler · xeiler
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exilée" and "exiler" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "exilée" vs "exiler" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "exilée" / "exiler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exilée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exilée" and "exiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilée". 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 #39,342 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.