exploréevsexporteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,603
“explorée” frequency rank
#21,009
“exporte” frequency rank
66612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature explorée exporte
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de explorer. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exporter.

Where the eye mixes explorée and exporte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. explorée runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against exporte's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
explorée
7 ch
exporte

Visual trap between explorée and exporte

A purely visual mix-up. explorée (\ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\) and exporte (\ɛk.spɔʁt\) 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 66612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

explorée is recorded at frequency rank #45,603, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\. exporte is at rank #21,009, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁt\.

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 66612, this pair ranks #67,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of explorée vs exporte

Shared letters: eoprx. Private to "explorée": lé. Private to "exporte": t.

"explorée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV  ·  "exporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exporte ← epxorte · exoprte · exporet · exporrte · exportte · expotre · expporte · exprote

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "explorée" and "exporte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\ versus \ɛk.spɔʁt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "explorée" or "exporte"?
"exporte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,009 in our French list, against #45,603 for "explorée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "explorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exporte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "explorée" and "exporte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explorée 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 #67,068 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