exagérer

/\ɛ.ɡza.ʒe.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,478

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

exagérer is aFrenchverb. It means: Donner à une chose plus d’importance qu’elle n’en a en réalité. Pronounced \ɛ.ɡza.ʒe.ʁe\. Often confused with exonérer and exagères.

Key facts for exagérer
PropertyValue
Headwordexagérer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ.ɡza.ʒe.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,478
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exagérer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ.ɡza.ʒe.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,478 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for exagérer, with forms such as "eaxgérer", "exagerer", and "exaggérer". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "exonérer", "exagères", "exagère", 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 exagérer, spelled E-X-A-G-É-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner à une chose plus d’importance qu’elle n’en a en réalité.
  2. 2
    Faire valoir, faire ressortir.
  3. 3
    Dépasser la juste mesure dans ses propos ou ses actes.
  4. 4
    Se faire de quelque chose une idée excessive.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eaxgérer,exagerer,exaggérer,exagréer,exagéerr,exagérerr,exagérre,exagérrer,exaégrer,exgaérer,exxagérer,xeagérer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exagérer

Misspelling Variants of "exagérer"

eaxgérer8exagerer8exaggérer9exagréer8exagéerr8exagérerr9exagérre8exagérrer9
Misspelling Variants of "exagérer"

Frequency rank: #18,478 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exagérer"?
"exagérer" is spelled E-X-A-G-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ɡza.ʒe.ʁe\.
What does "exagérer" mean?
As a verb, "exagérer" means: Donner à une chose plus d’importance qu’elle n’en a en réalité.
What words are commonly confused with "exagérer"?
"exagérer" is commonly confused with "exonérer", "exagères", "exagère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exagérer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exagérer" is \ɛ.ɡza.ʒe.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exagérer" come from?
"exagérer" 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.