Which to use
“export” is a noun and “exportée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,595
- “export” frequency rank
- #47,330
- “exportée” frequency rank
- 60925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | export | exportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exportation. | Participe passé féminin singulier de exporter. |
Where the eye mixes export and exportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between export and exportée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: export is \ɛks.pɔʁ\ while exportée is \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “export” sits inside “exportée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60925, 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\. exportée is at rank #47,330, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\.
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 60925, this pair ranks #95,051 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of export vs exportée
Shared letters: eoprtx. Private to "export": -. Private to "exportée": é.
"export" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "exportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- export ← epxort · exoprt · exporrt · exportt · expotr · expport · exprot · exxport
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "export" and "exportée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "export" or "exportée"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "export" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,051 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "export" and "exportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportée 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 #95,051 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.