existe

\ɛɡ.zist\

/\ɛɡ.zist\/ verb

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The verdict

“existe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#554
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de exister.

Corpus desk

Index FR-existe · existe · French

existe · rank #554 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #554
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH difficile

Nearest frequency peer: difficile (-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 « existe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « existe » 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).

existe vs exit
67% similar
existe vs exister
86% similar
existe vs existes
86% similar

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

Key facts for existe
PropertyValue
Headwordexiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛɡ.zist\
Letters6
Frequency rank#554
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « existe »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « difficile » (#553), « laisse » (#555), « cœur » (#552). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « existe » est au #554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around existe (IPA \ɛɡ.zist\), averb. Corpus frequency is #554 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for existe, with forms such as "eixste", "exiset", and "exisste". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "exit", "exister", "existes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is existe, spelled E-X-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de exister.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de exister.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de exister.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de exister.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de exister.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une seule usine, employant une vingtaine d’ouvriers, existe à Vatan et la main-d’œuvre masculine, hormis celle du bâtiment, se voit contrainte d’aller travailler dans les villes voisines.
  2. Moi je dis qu’il existe une société secrète avec des ramifications dans le monde entier, qui complote pour répandre la rumeur qu’il existe un complot universel

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eixste
  • exiset
  • exisste
  • existte
  • exitse
  • exsite
  • exxiste
  • xeiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of existe - 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.

eixste2exiset2exisste1existte1exitse2exsite2exxiste1xeiste2
Edit distance from "existe"

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 "existe"?
"existe" is spelled E-X-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zist\.
What does "existe" mean?
As a verb, "existe" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de exister.
What words are commonly confused with "existe"?
"existe" is commonly confused with "exit", "exister", "existes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "existe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "existe" is \ɛɡ.zist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "existe" come from?
"existe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

laisse#555malgré#556milieu#557action#549

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

états8 variantsfrère8 variantsemploi8 variantsmêmes8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list