Which to use
“exportée” and “exportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,330
- “exportée” frequency rank
- #32,814
- “exportés” frequency rank
- 80144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exportée | exportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exporter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de exporter. |
Same sound, different letters: exportée vs exportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. exportée (VCCVCCVV) and exportés (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - exportée and exportés
This is the hard kind. exportée and exportés 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 a single letter - e in “exportée” becomes s in “exportés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80144, 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\. exportés is at rank #32,814, 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 80144, this pair ranks #21,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exportée vs exportés
Shared letters: eoprtxé. Private to "exportée": -. Private to "exportés": s.
"exportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "exportés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exportée" and "exportés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
"exportée" and "exportés" 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 "exportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exportée" and "exportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportée vs exportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #21,647 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.