excès

\ɛk.sɛ\

/\ɛk.sɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“excès” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,668
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui est en trop.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exces · excès · French

excès · rank #4,668 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,668
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH employeur

Nearest frequency peer: employeur (-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 « excès »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « excès » 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).

excès vs eyes
40% similar
excès vs exclu
60% similar
excès vs expos
60% similar

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

Key facts for excès
PropertyValue
Headwordexcès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.sɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,668
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excès »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).excèsse 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 « employeur » (#4,667), « failli » (#4,669), « dépit » (#4,666). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excès » est au #4,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around excès (IPA \ɛk.sɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,668 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for excès, with forms such as "ecxès", "exccès", and "exces". 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, "eyes", "exclu", "expos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is excès, spelled E-X-C-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui est en trop.
  2. 2
    Différence en plus de deux quantités inégales.
  3. 3
    Excédent, reste, différence en plus d’une quantité sur une autre ; résultat d’une soustraction.
  4. 4
    Ce qui dépasse une limite ordinaire, une mesure moyenne, et particulièrement ce qui dépasse le degré convenable, raisonnable et juste.
  5. 5
    …
  6. 6
    Se dit quelquefois au pluriel.
  7. 7
    …
  8. 8
    Débauche ; dérèglement.
  9. 9
    Partie de table entre gourmets.
  10. 10
    Violences, outrages.
  11. 11
    Séparation de corps pour cause d’excès, de sévices et d’injures graves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette combinaison chimique laisse un excès d’eau, un excès d’oxygène.
  2. L’excès d’une ligne sur une autre.

This word in other languages

excess(English)exceso(Español)Ausschreitung(Deutsch)demasia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxès
  • exccès
  • exces
  • excsè
  • excèss
  • exxcès
  • exècs
  • xecès

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excès - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ecxès2exccès1exces1excsè2excèss1exxcès1exècs2xecès2
Edit distance from "excès"

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 "excès"?
"excès" is spelled E-X-C-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.sɛ\.
What does "excès" mean?
As a noun, "excès" means: Ce qui est en trop.
What words are commonly confused with "excès"?
"excès" is commonly confused with "eyes", "exclu", "expos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excès"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excès" is \ɛk.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excès" come from?
"excès" 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 "excès", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dépit#4,666fumée#4,673crâne#4,659Jones#4,684

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

duquel8 variantsgenoux8 variantscalmer8 variantsXavier8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list