éditésvsexistesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“édités” and “existes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,229
“édités” frequency rank
#39,287
“existes” frequency rank
65516
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature édités existes
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de éditer. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exister.

Where the eye mixes édités and existes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
édités
7 ch
existes

Look-alike desk: édités vs existes

A purely visual mix-up. édités (\e.di.te\) and existes (\ɛɡ.zist\) 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 65516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

édités is recorded at frequency rank #26,229, classified as averb, pronounced \e.di.te\. existes is at rank #39,287, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zist\.

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 65516, this pair ranks #71,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of édités vs existes

Shared letters: ist. Private to "édités": . Private to "existes": ex.

"édités" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "existes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • existeseixstes · exisets · exisstes · existess · existse · existtes · exitses · exsites

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "édités" for "existes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.di.te\ versus \ɛɡ.zist\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "édités" vs "existes" - which ranks higher?
"édités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,229 in our French list, against #39,287 for "existes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "édités" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "existes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "édités" and "existes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édités 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 #71,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list