exam

\ɛɡ.zam\

/\ɛɡ.zam\/ noun

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The verdict

“exam” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,546
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Examen (dans le sens lié aux études universitaires).

Corpus desk

Index FR-exam · exam · French

exam · rank #28,546 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,546
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ethnologie

Nearest frequency peer: ethnologie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « exam »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « exam » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exam vs exp
50% similar
exam vs exo
50% similar
exam vs ext
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exam
PropertyValue
Headwordexam
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zam\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,546
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exam »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.examse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ethnologie » (#28,545), « exhiber » (#28,547), « esport » (#28,544). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exam » est au #28,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around exam (IPA \ɛɡ.zam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,546 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Examen (dans le sens lié aux études universitaires).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for exam, with forms such as "eaxm", "examm", and "exma". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "exp", "exo", "ext", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct French form is exam, spelled E-X-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Examen (dans le sens lié aux études universitaires).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how exam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il m’a encouragé pour les exams, initié au cinéma, m’a abonné au Monde, offert une deuch pour mes vingt et un ans.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eaxm
  • examm
  • exma
  • exxam
  • xeam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exam - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eaxm2examm1exma2exxam1xeam2
Edit distance from "exam"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exam"?
"exam" is spelled E-X-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zam\.
What does "exam" mean?
As a noun, "exam" means: Examen (dans le sens lié aux études universitaires).
What words are commonly confused with "exam"?
"exam" is commonly confused with "exp", "exo", "ext". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exam" is \ɛɡ.zam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exam" come from?
"exam" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

foch#28,562hawk#28,588Inès#28,612cast#28,476

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Cries5 variantsbean5 variantsapex5 variantsorée5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list