exa-
\ɛɡ.za\
The verdict
“exa-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans le Système international et d’autres systèmes métriques, multiplie une unité de mesure par 10¹⁸. Son symbole est E.
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Index FR-exa · exa- · French
exa- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exa- |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.za\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
exa- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed \ɛɡ.za\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans le Système international et d’autres systèmes métriques, multiplie une unité de mesure par 10¹⁸. Son symbole est E.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exa-, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is exa-, spelled E-X-A--.
Definition
- 1Dans le Système international et d’autres systèmes métriques, multiplie une unité de mesure par 10¹⁸. Son symbole est E.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exa- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
³ L’ancien nom d’exa a été temporairement atta, symétrique de atto. Alors que la liste s’arrêtait encore à téra, on avait proposé le préfixe nébu pour 10¹⁸, censé permettre la notation de la distance de nébuleuses.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.