Which to use
“exportateur” is a noun and “exportateurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,945
- “exportateur” frequency rank
- #26,362
- “exportateurs” frequency rank
- 55307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exportateur | exportateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui exporte des marchandises en pays étranger. | Masculin pluriel de exportateur. |
Same sound, different letters: exportateur vs exportateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. exportateur runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVVC) against exportateurs's 12 (VCCVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exportateur vs exportateurs
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: exportateur and exportateurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.tœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exportateur” sits inside “exportateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exportateur is recorded at frequency rank #28,945, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.tœʁ\. exportateurs is at rank #26,362, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.tœʁ\.
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 55307, this pair ranks #128,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exportateur vs exportateurs
Shared letters: aeoprtux. Private to "exportateur": -. Private to "exportateurs": s.
"exportateur" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "exportateurs" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exportateur ← epxortateur · exoprtateur · exporatteur · exporrtateur · exportaetur · exportateru · exportateurr · exportatteur
- exportateurs ← epxortateurs · exoprtateurs · exporatteurs · exporrtateurs · exportaeturs · exportaterus · exportateurrs · exportateurss
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exportateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exportateur" and "exportateurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explorateurs vs exportateurs". 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 #128,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.