exquis
\ɛk.ski\
The verdict
“exquis” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,938. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,938
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est choisi entre plusieurs, excellent en son espèce ; très bon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exquis · exquis · French
exquis · rank #21,938 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,938
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Everton
Nearest frequency peer: Everton (-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 « exquis »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- eustache
eustache
78,065 corpus weight
- Everton
Everton
78,064 corpus weight
- exquis
exquis
78,063 corpus weight
- finissait
finissait
78,061 corpus weight
- flirt
flirt
78,060 corpus weight
- foncières
foncières
78,059 corpus weight
What this shows « exquis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exquis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛk.ski\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exquis »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around exquis (IPA \ɛk.ski\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,938 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for exquis, with forms such as "eqxuis", "exqius", and "exqquis". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "exquise", "étuis", "ennuis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is exquis, spelled E-X-Q-U-I-S.
Definition
- 1Qui est choisi entre plusieurs, excellent en son espèce ; très bon.
- 2Qui est de la plus grande perfection, de la plus grande délicatesse.
- 3Vif, net, exacerbé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exquis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le thé le plus exquis est un thé dont les feuilles sont dorées comme celles du tabac turc ; les Chinois l'appellent le thé rouge. Ne s'en procure pas qui veut.
…j’apprenais à goûter l’exquise saveur des chevrettes d’eau douce enveloppées dans des feuilles d’hibiscus et rôties sur des pierres rougies au feu, un mets digne des dieux.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eqxuis
- exqius
- exqquis
- exquiss
- exqusi
- exuqis
- exxquis
- xequis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exquis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).