exercice

\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sis\

/\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sis\/ noun

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The verdict

“exercice” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,661
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’exercer ou de s’exercer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exercice · exercice · French

exercice · rank #1,661 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,661
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH défendre

Nearest frequency peer: défendre (-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 « exercice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exercice » 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).

exercice vs exercices
89% similar
exercice vs exercé
63% similar
exercice vs exercée
75% similar

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

Key facts for exercice
PropertyValue
Headwordexercice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,661
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exercice »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).exercicese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « défendre » (#1,660), « françaises » (#1,662), « documents » (#1,659). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exercice » est au #1,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around exercice (IPA \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,661 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for exercice, with forms such as "eexrcice", "execrice", and "exerccice". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exercices", "exercé", "exercée", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is exercice, spelled E-X-E-R-C-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’exercer ou de s’exercer.
  2. 2
    Apprentissage du maniement des armes et des évolutions militaires.
  3. 3
    Entrainement du corps, soumis à certaines règles et que l’on apprend à bien exécuter, comme monter à cheval, faire des armes, danser, nager, etc.
  4. 4
    Mouvements par lesquels on exerce le corps.
  5. 5
    Pratique régulière d’une discipline.
  6. 6
    Action de remplir les fonctions d’une charge, d’un emploi.
  7. 7
    Action d’user de quelque chose, de la faire valoir.
  8. 8
    Année ; période entre deux dates déterminées.
  9. 9
    Visite qui se fait chez les contribuables, et principalement chez les marchands de vin et les aubergistes, pour assurer le paiement de l’impôt.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Long, pénible, fréquent, continuel exercice.
  2. Cela ne s’apprend que par un long exercice.

Synonyms

année budgétaireannée financièreannée fiscaleexercice comptableexercice fiscal

This word in other languages

exercise(English)ejercicio(Español)Übung(Deutsch)exercício(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eexrcice
  • execrice
  • exerccice
  • exerccie
  • exercicce
  • exerciec
  • exericce
  • exerrcice
  • exrecice
  • exxercice
  • xeercice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exercice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eexrcice2execrice2exerccice1exerccie2exercicce1exerciec2exericce2exerrcice1
Edit distance from "exercice"

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 "exercice"?
"exercice" is spelled E-X-E-R-C-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sis\.
What does "exercice" mean?
As a noun, "exercice" means: Action d’exercer ou de s’exercer.
What words are commonly confused with "exercice"?
"exercice" is commonly confused with "exercices", "exercé", "exercée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exercice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exercice" is \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exercice" come from?
"exercice" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

défendre#1,660institut#1,663milliers#1,667bataille#1,650

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

avantage11 variantsproches11 variantsvoitures11 variantsdomicile11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list