exa-
\ɛɡ.za\
The verdict
“exa-” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a prefix - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans le Système international et d’autres systèmes métriques, multiplie une unité de mesure par 10¹⁸. Son symbole est E.
| 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) |
Where “exa-” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for exa- is 4 letters long, classified as a prefix, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛɡ.za\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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.
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Using “exa-”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-X-A-- - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛɡ.za\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.