excite

\ɛk.sit\

/\ɛk.sit\/ verb

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The verdict

“excite” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,786. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,786
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exciter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excite · excite · French

excite · rank #13,786 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,786
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH escroc

Nearest frequency peer: escroc (-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 « excite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « excite » 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).

excite vs exit
67% similar
excite vs exige
67% similar
excite vs exilé
50% similar

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

Key facts for excite
PropertyValue
Headwordexcite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛk.sit\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,786
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excite »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « escroc » (#13,785), « expiration » (#13,788), « enrichi » (#13,783). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excite » est au #13,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around excite (IPA \ɛk.sit\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,786 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for excite, with forms such as "ecxite", "exccite", and "exciet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "exit", "exige", "exilé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is excite, spelled E-X-C-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exciter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exciter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exciter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exciter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de exciter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans cette pièce courte mais complète, Dvorák excite notre imagination.
  2. Ça sert à rien qu’il s’excite, m’sieur Ribourdoir… qu’il leur braille que son fils dans la camionnette, est mort au champ d’honneur… ils s’en contrebranlent les Ricains !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxite
  • exccite
  • exciet
  • excitte
  • exctie
  • exicte
  • exxcite
  • xecite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excite - 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.

ecxite2exccite1exciet2excitte1exctie2exicte2exxcite1xecite2
Edit distance from "excite"

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 "excite"?
"excite" is spelled E-X-C-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.sit\.
What does "excite" mean?
As a verb, "excite" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exciter.
What words are commonly confused with "excite"?
"excite" is commonly confused with "exit", "exige", "exilé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excite" is \ɛk.sit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excite" come from?
"excite" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

escroc#13,785empare#13,782forest#13,795froids#13,796

Similar misspelling depth

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

gloria8 variantsdealer8 variantscrevé8 variantscommode8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list