Which to use
“exploitée” is a noun and “exploitées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,283
- “exploitée” frequency rank
- #18,480
- “exploitées” frequency rank
- 37763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exploitée | exploitées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prolétaire soumise à l’exploitation de sa force de travail par les exploiteurs. | Féminin pluriel de exploité. |
Same sound, different letters: exploitée vs exploitées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. exploitée runs 9 letters (VCCCVVCVV) against exploitées's 10 (VCCCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - exploitée and exploitées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: exploitée and exploitées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛks.plwa.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exploitée” sits inside “exploitées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exploitée is recorded at frequency rank #19,283, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.plwa.te\. exploitées is at rank #18,480, tagged as anadj, 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 37763, this pair ranks #260,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exploitée vs exploitées
Shared letters: eiloptxé. Private to "exploitée": -. Private to "exploitées": s.
"exploitée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVV · "exploitées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exploitée" and "exploitées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "exploitée" vs "exploitées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "exploitée" / "exploitées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exploitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exploitées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exploitée" and "exploitées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exploitées vs exportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #260,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.