exitvsexoTell them apart

Which to use

“exit” and “exo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,315
“exit” frequency rank
#29,769
“exo” frequency rank
51084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exit exo
Definition Sortie théâtrale. Exercice.

Where the eye mixes exit and exo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
exit
3 ch
exo

Look-alike desk: exit vs exo

A purely visual mix-up. exit (\ɛɡ.zit\) and exo (\ɛɡ.zo\) 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 51084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exit is recorded at frequency rank #21,315, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zit\. exo is at rank #29,769, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zo\.

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 51084, this pair ranks #157,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exit vs exo

Shared letters: ex. Private to "exit": it. Private to "exo": o.

"exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "exo" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exiteixt · exitt · exti · exxit · xeit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exit" for "exo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.zit\ versus \ɛɡ.zo\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exit" vs "exo" - which ranks higher?
"exit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,315 in our French list, against #29,769 for "exo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #157,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exit" and "exo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "EPO vs exo". 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 #157,730 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list