Which to use
“exploitées” is an adjective and “exploitent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,480
- “exploitées” frequency rank
- #21,316
- “exploitent” frequency rank
- 39796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exploitées | exploitent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de exploité. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exploiter. |
Where the eye mixes exploitées and exploitent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between exploitées and exploitent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exploitées is \ɛks.plwa.te\ while exploitent is \ɛks.plwat\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exploitées is recorded at frequency rank #18,480, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.plwa.te\. exploitent is at rank #21,316, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛks.plwat\.
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 39796, this pair ranks #245,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exploitées vs exploitent
Shared letters: eiloptx. Private to "exploitées": sé. Private to "exploitent": n.
"exploitées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVCVVC · "exploitent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exploitent ← epxloitent · exlpoitent · expliotent · explloitent · exploietnt · exploitennt · exploitentt · exploitetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exploitées" for "exploitent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exploitées" or "exploitent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exploitées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exploitent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exploitées" and "exploitent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exploitées vs exportées". 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 #245,311 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.