excuser
\ɛk.sky.ze\
The verdict
“excuser” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,979
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disculper dans une certaine mesure, présenter une personne ou une action comme moins coupable qu’elle ne semble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-excuser · excuser · French
excuser · rank #5,979 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,979
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enseigner
Nearest frequency peer: enseigner (-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 « excuser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- efficaces
efficaces
94,026 corpus weight
- embrasse
embrasse
94,025 corpus weight
- enseigner
enseigner
94,023 corpus weight
- excuser
excuser
94,022 corpus weight
- exploiter
exploiter
94,021 corpus weight
- filiale
filiale
94,020 corpus weight
What this shows « excuser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excuser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛk.sky.ze\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excuser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around excuser (IPA \ɛk.sky.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,979 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for excuser, with forms such as "ecxuser", "exccuser", and "excsuer". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "excuses", "exposer", "excusez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is excuser, spelled E-X-C-U-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Disculper dans une certaine mesure, présenter une personne ou une action comme moins coupable qu’elle ne semble.
- 2Reconnaître une personne ou une action comme moins coupable qu’on ne l’avait cru, faire grâce.
- 3Autoriser quelqu’un à ne pas faire une chose, dispenser d'une obligation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how excuser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il l’a excusé auprès de moi. Il s’efforçait vainement de l’excuser. On doit excuser les fautes de la jeunesse.
Il faut excuser ce léger oubli. Excusez l’état où je suis. Vous m’excuserez si je ne vous accompagne pas plus loin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecxuser
- exccuser
- excsuer
- excuesr
- excuserr
- excusre
- excusser
- exucser
- exxcuser
- xecuser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excuser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).