eovsextTell them apart

Quick tell: eo is a noun, ext is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“eo” is a noun and “ext” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,418
“eo” frequency rank
#36,838
“ext” frequency rank
80256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eo ext
Definition Je : première personne du singulier au cas sujet. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de exen.

Letter map: eo vs ext

Shared letters muted; letters that set eo and ext apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
eo
3 ch
ext

Part-of-speech tell for eo / ext

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eo is anoun and extaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eo is recorded at frequency rank #43,418, classified as anoun. ext is at rank #36,838, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛkst\.

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 80256, this pair ranks #21,420 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of eo vs ext

Shared letters: e. Private to "eo": o. Private to "ext": tx.

"eo" · 2 letters · shape VV  ·  "ext" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eo" and "ext" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eo" is a noun and "ext" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "eo" vs "ext" - which ranks higher?
"ext" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,838 in our French list, against #43,418 for "eo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "eo" and "ext".

  • Full dictionary entry for "eo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ext" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,420 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eo" and "ext" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eo vs EPO". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #21,420 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