ext
\ɛkst\
The verdict
“ext” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #36,838 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #36,838
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de exen.
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 | ext |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛkst\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #36,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ext” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ext is 3 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛkst\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,838 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ext, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ez", "eye", "E", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ext, spelled E-X-T.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de exen.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exen.
- 3Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exen.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exen.
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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Using “ext”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-X-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛkst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ez” - see the side-by-side comparison. ext vs ez
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.