exact

/\ɛɡ.zakt\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,147

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

exact is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui suit rigoureusement la vérité, la convention. Pronounced \ɛɡ.zakt\. It ranks #4,147 in French word frequency. Often confused with ext and exit.

Key facts for exact
PropertyValue
Headwordexact
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛɡ.zakt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,147
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of exact in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exact is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛɡ.zakt\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,147 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for exact, with forms such as "eaxct", "exacct", and "exactt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "ext", "exit", "exam", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is exact, spelled E-X-A-C-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui suit rigoureusement la vérité, la convention.
  2. 2
    En parlant des choses, faites avec soin, avec ponctualité.
  3. 3
    Qui est vrai de tout point.
  4. 4
    Qui est conforme à ce qui doit se faire, aux lois de la logique.
  5. 5
    Qui est conforme à son modèle.
  6. 6
    Sévère ; rigoureux.
  7. 7
    Il se dit dans un sens analogue du régime.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eaxct,exacct,exactt,exatc,excat,exxact,xeact

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exact

Misspelling Variants of "exact"

eaxct5exacct6exactt6exatc5excat5exxact6xeact5
Misspelling Variants of "exact"

Frequency rank: #4,147 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exact"?
"exact" is spelled E-X-A-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zakt\.
What does "exact" mean?
As an adj, "exact" means: Qui suit rigoureusement la vérité, la convention.
What words are commonly confused with "exact"?
"exact" is commonly confused with "ext", "exit", "exam". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exact"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exact" is \ɛɡ.zakt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exact" come from?
"exact" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.