existes

\ɛɡ.zist\

/\ɛɡ.zist\/ verb

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The verdict

“existes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,287
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-existes · existes · French

existes · rank #39,287 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,287
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH excusée

Nearest frequency peer: excusée (-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 « existes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « existes » 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).

existes vs existe
86% similar
existes vs élites
57% similar
existes vs émises
57% similar

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

Key facts for existes
PropertyValue
Headwordexistes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛɡ.zist\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,287
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « existes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).existesse 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 « excusée » (#39,286), « exorcisme » (#39,288), « exaltant » (#39,285). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « existes » est au #39,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around existes (IPA \ɛɡ.zist\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,287 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for existes, with forms such as "eixstes", "exisets", and "exisstes". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "existe", "élites", "émises", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is existes, spelled E-X-I-S-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exister.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exister.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eixstes
  • exisets
  • exisstes
  • existess
  • existse
  • existtes
  • exitses
  • exsites
  • exxistes
  • xeistes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eixstes2exisets2exisstes1existess1existse2existtes1exitses2exsites2
Edit distance from "existes"

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 "existes"?
"existes" is spelled E-X-I-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zist\.
What does "existes" mean?
As a verb, "existes" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exister.
What words are commonly confused with "existes"?
"existes" is commonly confused with "existe", "élites", "émises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "existes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "existes" is \ɛɡ.zist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "existes" come from?
"existes" 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 "existes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

excusée#39,286dénouer#39,273flowers#39,301défient#39,267

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

faussaire10 variantsgagnais10 variantsdistille10 variantsClèves10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list