exploitationsvsexportationsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#10,155
“exploitations” frequency rank
#7,185
“exportations” frequency rank
17340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exploitations exportations
Definition Pluriel de exploitation. Pluriel de exportation.

Where the eye mixes exploitations and exportations

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.

13 ch
exploitations
12 ch
exportations

Visual trap between exploitations and exportations

A purely visual mix-up. exploitations (\ɛks.plwa.ta.sjɔ̃\) and exportations (\ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\) 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 17340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exploitations is recorded at frequency rank #10,155, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.plwa.ta.sjɔ̃\. exportations is at rank #7,185, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.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 17340, this pair ranks #383,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of exploitations vs exportations

Shared letters: aeinopstx. Private to "exploitations": l. Private to "exportations": r.

"exploitations" · 13 letters · shape VCCCVVCVCVVCC  ·  "exportations" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exploitationsepxloitations · exlpoitations · expliotations · explloitations · exploiattions · exploitaitons · exploitatinos · exploitationns
  • exportationsepxortations · exoprtations · exporattions · exporrtations · exportaitons · exportatinos · exportationns · exportationss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exploitations" and "exportations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛks.plwa.ta.sjɔ̃\ versus \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exploitations" or "exportations"?
"exportations" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,185 in our French list, against #10,155 for "exploitations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "exploitations" and "exportations" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exploitations" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #383,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exploitations" and "exportations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exhortation vs exportations". 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 #383,662 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