Which to use
“exploit” and “exploits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,438
- “exploit” frequency rank
- #12,154
- “exploits” frequency rank
- 19592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exploit | exploits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de guerre éclatante. | Pluriel de exploit. |
Same sound, different letters: exploit vs exploits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - exploit and exploits
This is the hard kind. exploit and exploits are pronounced identically (\ɛks.plwa\) 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) - “exploit” sits inside “exploits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19592, 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\. exploits is at rank #12,154, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.plwa\.
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 19592, this pair ranks #372,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exploit vs exploits
Shared letters: eiloptx. Private to "exploit": -. Private to "exploits": s.
"exploit" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "exploits" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exploit" and "exploits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exploit" or "exploits"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "exploit" / "exploits". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exploit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exploits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exploit" and "exploits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emplit vs exploit". 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 #372,503 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.