exs

\ɛks\

/\ɛks\/ noun

The verdict

“exs” is uncommon French (frequency #84,788 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,788
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ex.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exs · exs · French

exs · rank #84,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,788
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH expressionnis…

Nearest frequency peer: expressionnistes (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « exs »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « exs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exs
PropertyValue
Headwordexs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛks\
Letters3
Frequency rank#84,788
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « exs » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).exstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « expressionnistes » (#84,787), « expats » (#84,786), « Fabiani » (#84,790). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exs » est au #84,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exs is uncommon French at frequency #84,788 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ex.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exs, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is exs, spelled E-X-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ex.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand une de tes exs t’aime plus ça fait encore plus mal
  2. Je viens de poker mes exs sur facebook x)

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 "exs"?
"exs" is spelled E-X-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks\.
What does "exs" mean?
As a noun, "exs" means: Pluriel de ex.
How do you pronounce "exs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exs" is \ɛks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list