Which to use
“exploit” and “exploitée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,438
- “exploit” frequency rank
- #19,283
- “exploitée” frequency rank
- 26721
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exploit | exploitée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de guerre éclatante. | Prolétaire soumise à l’exploitation de sa force de travail par les exploiteurs. |
Where the eye mixes exploit and exploitée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exploit vs exploitée
A purely visual mix-up. exploit (\ɛks.plwa\) and exploitée (\ɛks.plwa.te\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “exploit” sits inside “exploitée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exploit is recorded at frequency rank #7,438, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.plwa\. exploitée is at rank #19,283, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.plwa.te\.
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 26721, this pair ranks #333,229 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exploit vs exploitée
Shared letters: eiloptx. Private to "exploit": -. Private to "exploitée": é.
"exploit" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "exploitée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exploit ← epxloit · exlpoit · expliot · explloit · exploitt · exploti · expolit · expploit
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exploit" and "exploitée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "exploit" or "exploitée"?
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 "exploit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exploitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,229 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exploit" and "exploitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exploitée vs exportée". 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 #333,229 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.