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Which to use

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

#19,283
“exploitée” frequency rank
#12,154
“exploits” frequency rank
31437
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exploitée exploits
Definition Prolétaire soumise à l’exploitation de sa force de travail par les exploiteurs. Pluriel de exploit.

Where the eye mixes exploitée and exploits

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
exploitée
8 ch
exploits

Why the eye confuses exploitée with exploits

A purely visual mix-up. exploitée (\ɛks.plwa.te\) and exploits (\ɛks.plwa\) 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 31437, 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\. 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 31437, this pair ranks #303,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exploitée vs exploits

Shared letters: eiloptx. Private to "exploitée": é. Private to "exploits": s.

"exploitée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVV  ·  "exploits" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exploitsepxloits · exlpoits · expliots · explloits · exploist · exploitss · exploitts · explotis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exploitée" and "exploits" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛks.plwa.te\ versus \ɛks.plwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exploitée" or "exploits"?
"exploits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,154 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exploitée" 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 #303,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exploitée" and "exploits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exploitée 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 #303,780 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