Which to use
“exportent” and “exporter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,290
- “exportent” frequency rank
- #14,473
- “exporter” frequency rank
- 53763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exportent | exporter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe exporter. | Transporter hors d’un État des produits du sol ou de l’industrie. |
Where the eye mixes exportent and exporter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between exportent and exporter
A purely visual mix-up. exportent (\ɛk.spɔʁt\) and exporter (\ɛks.pɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exportent is recorded at frequency rank #39,290, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁt\. exporter is at rank #14,473, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛks.pɔʁ.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 53763, this pair ranks #138,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exportent vs exporter
Shared letters: eoprtx. Private to "exportent": n. Private to "exporter": -.
"exportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "exporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exportent" for "exporter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exportent" vs "exporter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "exportent" and "exporter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exportent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exporter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exportent" and "exporter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportées vs exportent". 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 #138,520 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.