exemple

/\ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#336

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

exemple is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qui peut servir de modèle, ce qui peut être imité. Pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\. It ranks #336 in French word frequency. Often confused with exempt and exempte.

Key facts for exemple
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Headwordexemple
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#336
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exemple is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\. Corpus data places it at rank #336 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 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 exemple, with forms such as "eexmple", "exemlpe", and "exemmple". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "exempt", "exempte", "exempts", and more, 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 exemple, spelled E-X-E-M-P-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui peut servir de modèle, ce qui peut être imité.
  2. 2
    Châtiment, peine infligée à quelqu’un et qui est un avertissement pour les autres.
  3. 3
    Chose qui est pareille à celle dont il s’agit et qui sert pour l’autoriser, pour la confirmer, ou seulement pour la faire bien connaître, pour en donner une idée plus exacte.
  4. 4
    Étude d’une situation sur laquelle s’appliquent des résultats plus généraux énoncés avant.
  5. 5
    Patron, modèle sur lequel l’écolier qui apprend à écrire forme ses caractères.
  6. 6
    Par exemple.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eexmple,exemlpe,exemmple,exempel,exemplle,exempple,exepmle,exmeple,exxemple,xeemple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exemple

Misspelling Variants of "exemple"

eexmple7exemlpe7exemmple8exempel7exemplle8exempple8exepmle7exmeple7
Misspelling Variants of "exemple"

Frequency rank: #336 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exemple"?
"exemple" is spelled E-X-E-M-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\.
What does "exemple" mean?
As a noun, "exemple" means: Ce qui peut servir de modèle, ce qui peut être imité.
What words are commonly confused with "exemple"?
"exemple" is commonly confused with "exempt", "exempte", "exempts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exemple"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exemple" is \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exemple" come from?
"exemple" 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.