Which to use
“exportée” and “exportées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,330
- “exportée” frequency rank
- #48,514
- “exportées” frequency rank
- 95844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exportée | exportées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exporter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exporter. |
Same sound, different letters: exportée vs exportées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. exportée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against exportées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exportée vs exportées
This is the hard kind. exportée and exportées are pronounced identically (\ɛk.spɔʁ.te\) and both work as averb. 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) - “exportée” sits inside “exportées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exportée is recorded at frequency rank #47,330, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. exportées is at rank #48,514, 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 95844, this pair ranks #919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exportée vs exportées
Shared letters: eoprtxé. Private to "exportée": -. Private to "exportées": s.
"exportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "exportées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exportée" for "exportées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exportée" or "exportées" show up more?
What to do next
"exportée" and "exportées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "exportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exportée" and "exportées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expertes vs exportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #919 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.