exploitevsexploréeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#11,770
“exploite” frequency rank
#45,603
“explorée” frequency rank
57373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exploite explorée
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exploiter. Participe passé féminin singulier de explorer.

Where the eye mixes exploite and explorée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
exploite
8 ch
explorée

Why the eye confuses exploite with explorée

A purely visual mix-up. exploite (\ɛks.plwat\) and explorée (\ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exploite is recorded at frequency rank #11,770, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛks.plwat\. explorée is at rank #45,603, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\.

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 57373, this pair ranks #115,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exploite vs explorée

Shared letters: elopx. Private to "exploite": it. Private to "explorée": .

"exploite" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV  ·  "explorée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exploiteepxloite · exlpoite · expliote · explloite · exploiet · exploitte · explotie · expolite

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exploite" and "explorée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛks.plwat\ versus \ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exploite" or "explorée"?
"exploite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,770 in our French list, against #45,603 for "explorée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exploite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "explorée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exploite" and "explorée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explorée 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 #115,432 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