Which to use
“émigrants” is a noun and “exigeants” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,235
- “émigrants” frequency rank
- #25,310
- “exigeants” frequency rank
- 68545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émigrants | exigeants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de émigrant. | Masculin pluriel de exigeant. |
Where the eye mixes émigrants and exigeants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. émigrants (VCVCCVCCC) and exigeants (VCVCVVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses émigrants with exigeants
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émigrants is \e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\ while exigeants is \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émigrants is recorded at frequency rank #43,235, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\. exigeants is at rank #25,310, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃\.
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 68545, this pair ranks #58,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émigrants vs exigeants
Shared letters: aginst. Private to "émigrants": mré. Private to "exigeants": ex.
"émigrants" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCC · "exigeants" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigeants ← eixgeants · exgieants · exiegants · exigaents · exigeannts · exigeanst · exigeantss · exigeantts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "émigrants" for "exigeants" ever safe?
Which is more common, "émigrants" or "exigeants"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "émigrants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigeants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émigrants" and "exigeants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigeantes vs exigeants". 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 #58,743 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.