Which to use
“exportées” and “exportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,514
- “exportées” frequency rank
- #39,290
- “exportent” frequency rank
- 87804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exportées | exportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe exporter. |
Where the eye mixes exportées and exportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between exportées and exportent
A purely visual mix-up. exportées (\ɛk.spɔʁ.te\) and exportent (\ɛk.spɔʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exportées is recorded at frequency rank #48,514, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. exportent is at rank #39,290, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁt\.
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 87804, this pair ranks #7,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exportées vs exportent
Shared letters: eoprtx. Private to "exportées": sé. Private to "exportent": n.
"exportées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "exportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exportent ← epxortent · exoprtent · exporetnt · exporrtent · exportennt · exportentt · exportetn · exportnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exportées" for "exportent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exportées" or "exportent"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "exportées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exportées" and "exportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expertes 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 #7,791 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.