exactly
\ɪɡˈzæk(t).li\
The verdict
“exactly” is uncommon French (frequency #83,857 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,857
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout à fait, justement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exactly · exactly · French
exactly · rank #83,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,857
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exhortations
Nearest frequency peer: exhortations (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « exactly »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- estompée
estompée
16,149 corpus weight
- Estée
Estée
16,148 corpus weight
- exactly
exactly
16,144 corpus weight
- exhortations
exhortations
16,143 corpus weight
- explain
explain
16,142 corpus weight
- fajitas
fajitas
16,140 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « exactly » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exactly |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɪɡˈzæk(t).li\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exactly » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exactly is uncommon French at frequency #83,857 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɪɡˈzæk(t).li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for exactly in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is exactly, spelled E-X-A-C-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Tout à fait, justement.
- 2Exactement.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).