ext

\ɛkst\

/\ɛkst\/ verb

The verdict

“ext” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #36,838) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#36,838
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de exen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ext · ext · French

ext · rank #36,838 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,838
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH expédie

Nearest frequency peer: expédie (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « ext »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « ext » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

ext vs ez
33% similar
ext vs eye
33% similar
ext vs E
0% similar

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

Key facts for ext
PropertyValue
Headwordext
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛkst\
Letters3
Frequency rank#36,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « ext »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).extse 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 « expédie » (#36,837), « F3 » (#36,839), « expressive » (#36,836). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « ext » est au #36,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ext is neighbouring look-alikes ("ez", "eye", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \ɛkst\. Frequency #36,838 among 3,255 “E” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

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

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de exen.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exen.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exen.
  4. 4
    Troisième 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ext"?
"ext" is spelled E-X-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛkst\.
What does "ext" mean?
As a verb, "ext" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de exen.
What words are commonly confused with "ext"?
"ext" is commonly confused with "ez", "eye", "E". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ext"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ext" is \ɛkst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ext" come from?
"ext" 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 "ext", 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