exploitéevsexploitéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: exploitée is a noun, exploitées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set exploitée and exploitées apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
exploitée
10 ch
exploitées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

exploitée#19,283
exploitées#18,480

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exploitée" and "exploitées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exploitée" is a noun and "exploitées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "exploitée" or "exploitées"?
"exploitées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,480 in our French list, against #19,283 for "exploitée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering exploitée vs exploitées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “exploitée”; for an adjective, it's “exploitées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “exploitée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list