Which to use
“édite” and “excite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,864
- “édite” frequency rank
- #13,786
- “excite” frequency rank
- 39650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | édite | excite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éditer. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exciter. |
Where the eye mixes édite and excite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. édite runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against excite's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: édite vs excite
A purely visual mix-up. édite (\e.dit\) and excite (\ɛk.sit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
édite is recorded at frequency rank #25,864, classified as averb, pronounced \e.dit\. excite is at rank #13,786, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.sit\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 39650, this pair ranks #246,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of édite vs excite
Shared letters: eit. Private to "édite": dé. Private to "excite": cx.
"édite" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "excite" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- excite ← ecxite · exccite · exciet · excitte · exctie · exicte · exxcite · xecite
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "édite" for "excite" ever safe?
Frequency check: "édite" vs "excite" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "édite" and "excite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "édite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "édite" and "excite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édite vs edito". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #246,390 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.