Which to use
“exportation” and “exportations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,242
- “exportation” frequency rank
- #7,185
- “exportations” frequency rank
- 15427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exportation | exportations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’exporter. | Pluriel de exportation. |
Same sound, different letters: exportation vs exportations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - exportation / exportations
This is the hard kind. exportation and exportations are pronounced identically (\ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exportation” sits inside “exportations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exportation is recorded at frequency rank #8,242, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\. exportations is at rank #7,185, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\.
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 15427, this pair ranks #392,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exportation vs exportations
Shared letters: aeinoprtx. Private to "exportation": -. Private to "exportations": s.
"exportation" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "exportations" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exportation ← epxortation · exoprtation · exporattion · exporrtation · exportaiton · exportatino · exportationn · exportatoin
- exportations ← epxortations · exoprtations · exporattions · exporrtations · exportaitons · exportatinos · exportationns · exportationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exportation" for "exportations" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exportation" vs "exportations" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "exportation" / "exportations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exportation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exportation" and "exportations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exhortation vs exportation". 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 #392,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.