exploitéesvsexploitsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

“exploitées” is an adjective and “exploits” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,480
“exploitées” frequency rank
#12,154
“exploits” frequency rank
30634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exploitées exploits
Definition Féminin pluriel de exploité. Pluriel de exploit.

Where the eye mixes exploitées and exploits

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
exploitées
8 ch
exploits

Why the eye confuses exploitées with exploits

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exploitées is \ɛks.plwa.te\ while exploits is \ɛks.plwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30634, 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\. 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 30634, this pair ranks #308,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exploitées vs exploits

Shared letters: eilopstx. Private to "exploitées": é. Private to "exploits": -.

"exploitées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVCVVC  ·  "exploits" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exploitées" and "exploits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exploitées" is an adjective and "exploits" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "exploitées" vs "exploits" - which ranks higher?
"exploits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,154 in our French list, against #18,480 for "exploitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exploitées" 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 #308,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exploitées" and "exploits" 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 #308,966 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