exergue

\ɛɡ.zɛʁɡ\

/\ɛɡ.zɛʁɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“exergue” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,138
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit espace réservé au bas d'une monnaie, d’une médaille (dans son champ), voire d'une cloche d'édifice religieux, pour y mettre une date, une inscription, une devise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exergue · exergue · French

exergue · rank #20,138 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,138
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH farouche

Nearest frequency peer: farouche (+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 « exergue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exergue » 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).

exergue vs exercé
57% similar
exergue vs énergie
57% similar
exergue vs exercée
71% similar

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

Key facts for exergue
PropertyValue
Headwordexergue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zɛʁɡ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,138
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exergue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exerguese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « farouche » (#20,139), « espionne » (#20,136), « EPS » (#20,135). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exergue » est au #20,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around exergue (IPA \ɛɡ.zɛʁɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,138 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for exergue, with forms such as "eexrgue", "exegrue", and "exergeu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "exercé", "énergie", "exercée", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is exergue, spelled E-X-E-R-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit espace réservé au bas d'une monnaie, d’une médaille (dans son champ), voire d'une cloche d'édifice religieux, pour y mettre une date, une inscription, une devise.
  2. 2
    La date, inscription, ou devise elle-même.
  3. 3
    Citation placée hors-texte, à droite en début d’ouvrage, d’article ou de chapitre, qui illustre le propos du texte.
  4. 4
    Ce qui présente, explique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On met d’ordinaire dans l’exergue la date de l’année où la médaille a été frappée.
  2. Cette médaille porte 1870-71 en exergue.

This word in other languages

exergue(English)Abschnitt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eexrgue
  • exegrue
  • exergeu
  • exerggue
  • exerrgue
  • exeruge
  • exregue
  • exxergue
  • xeergue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exergue - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eexrgue2exegrue2exergeu2exerggue1exerrgue1exeruge2exregue2exxergue1
Edit distance from "exergue"

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 "exergue"?
"exergue" is spelled E-X-E-R-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɛʁɡ\.
What does "exergue" mean?
As a noun, "exergue" means: Petit espace réservé au bas d'une monnaie, d’une médaille (dans son champ), voire d'une cloche d'édifice religieux, pour y mettre une date, une inscription, une devise.
What words are commonly confused with "exergue"?
"exergue" is commonly confused with "exercé", "énergie", "exercée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exergue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exergue" is \ɛɡ.zɛʁɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exergue" come from?
"exergue" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

forcées#20,146fétiche#20,149Hermann#20,157dortoir#20,118

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

espionne9 variantsfortin9 variantsgérées9 variantshélice9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list