exégèse

/\ɛɡ.ze.ʒɛz\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,956

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

exégèse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Explication grammaticale et étymologique d'un texte ancien difficile, assortie d'un commentaire savant et d'une interprétation. Pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ʒɛz\. Often confused with exigée and exagère.

Key facts for exégèse
PropertyValue
Headwordexégèse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.ze.ʒɛz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,956
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exégèse is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛɡ.ze.ʒɛz\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,956 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for exégèse, with forms such as "exegese", "exgéèse", and "exxégèse". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "exigée", "exagère", 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 exégèse, spelled E-X-É-G-È-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Explication grammaticale et étymologique d'un texte ancien difficile, assortie d'un commentaire savant et d'une interprétation.
  2. 2
    Étude approfondie d'un texte et en particulier d'un texte sacré ancien. Commentaire philologique, explication historique, et interprétation de la Bible.
  3. 3
    ou Explication d’un écrit, rendue nécessaire par son caractère prétentieux et alambiqué.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: exegese,exgéèse,exxégèse,exéggèse,exégsèe,exégèes,exégèsse,exéègse,eéxgèse,xeégèse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exégèse

Misspelling Variants of "exégèse"

exegese7exgéèse7exxégèse8exéggèse8exégsèe7exégèes7exégèsse8exéègse7
Misspelling Variants of "exégèse"

Frequency rank: #31,956 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exégèse"?
"exégèse" is spelled E-X-É-G-È-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.ze.ʒɛz\.
What does "exégèse" mean?
As a noun, "exégèse" means: Explication grammaticale et étymologique d'un texte ancien difficile, assortie d'un commentaire savant et d'une interprétation.
What words are commonly confused with "exégèse"?
"exégèse" is commonly confused with "exigée", "exagère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exégèse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exégèse" is \ɛɡ.ze.ʒɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exégèse" come from?
"exégèse" 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.