exportvsexporteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: export is a noun, exporte is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“export” is a noun and “exporte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,595
“export” frequency rank
#21,009
“exporte” frequency rank
34604
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature export exporte
Definition Exportation. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exporter.

Where the eye mixes export and exporte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
export
7 ch
exporte

Look-alike desk: export vs exporte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: export is \ɛks.pɔʁ\ while exporte is \ɛk.spɔʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “export” sits inside “exporte”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

export is recorded at frequency rank #13,595, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.pɔʁ\. 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 34604, this pair ranks #282,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of export vs exporte

Shared letters: eoprtx. Private to "export": -. Private to "exporte": -.

"export" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "exporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exportepxort · exoprt · exporrt · exportt · expotr · expport · exprot · exxport
  • exporteepxorte · exoprte · exporet · exporrte · exportte · expotre · expporte · exprote

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "export" for "exporte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "export" is a noun and "exporte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "export" vs "exporte" - which ranks higher?
"export" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,595 in our French list, against #21,009 for "exporte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "export" 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 #282,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "export" and "exporte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exporte 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 #282,671 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