Which to use
“exonération” and “exonérations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,282
- “exonération” frequency rank
- #35,937
- “exonérations” frequency rank
- 55219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exonération | exonérations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’exonérer. | Pluriel de exonération. |
Same sound, different letters: exonération vs exonérations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. exonération runs 11 letters (VCVCVCVCVVC) against exonérations's 12 (VCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - exonération / exonérations
This is the hard kind. exonération and exonérations are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exonération” sits inside “exonérations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exonération is recorded at frequency rank #19,282, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. exonérations is at rank #35,937, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
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 55219, this pair ranks #128,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exonération vs exonérations
Shared letters: aeinortxé. Private to "exonération": -. Private to "exonérations": s.
"exonération" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVC · "exonérations" · 12 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exonération" and "exonérations" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "exonération" or "exonérations"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "exonération" / "exonérations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exonération" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exonérations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exonération" and "exonérations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exagérations vs exonérations". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #128,882 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.