exemples

/\ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,474

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

exemples is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de exemple. Pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\. It ranks #2,474 in French word frequency. Often confused with exempte and exempts.

Key facts for exemples
PropertyValue
Headwordexemples
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,474
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exemples is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,474 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de exemple.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for exemples, with forms such as "eexmples", "exemlpes", and "exemmples". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "exempte", "exempts", "exemptés", 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 exemples, spelled E-X-E-M-P-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de exemple.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eexmples,exemlpes,exemmples,exempels,exempless,exemplles,exemplse,exempples,exepmles,exmeples,exxemples,xeemples

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exemples

Misspelling Variants of "exemples"

eexmples8exemlpes8exemmples9exempels8exempless9exemplles9exemplse8exempples9
Misspelling Variants of "exemples"

Frequency rank: #2,474 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

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