Which to use
“érigée” and “exige” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,899
- “érigée” frequency rank
- #4,858
- “exige” frequency rank
- 25757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigée | exige |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de ériger. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes érigée and exige
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: érigée vs exige
A purely visual mix-up. érigée (\e.ʁi.ʒe\) and exige (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\) 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 25757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
érigée is recorded at frequency rank #20,899, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ʁi.ʒe\. exige is at rank #4,858, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ziʒ\.
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 25757, this pair ranks #339,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of érigée vs exige
Shared letters: egi. Private to "érigée": ré. Private to "exige": x.
"érigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exige" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exige ← eixge · exgie · exieg · exigge · exxige · xeige
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "érigée" and "exige" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "érigée" vs "exige" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "érigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exige" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigée" and "exige" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigée vs exigez". 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 #339,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.