Which to use
“érigée” and “exigée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,899
- “érigée” frequency rank
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- 44105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigée | exigée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de ériger. | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes érigée and exigée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. érigée and exigée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between érigée and exigée
A purely visual mix-up. érigée (\e.ʁi.ʒe\) and exigée (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44105, 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\. exigée is at rank #23,206, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\.
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 44105, this pair ranks #213,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of érigée vs exigée
Shared letters: egié. Private to "érigée": r. Private to "exigée": x.
"érigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "érigée" for "exigée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "érigée" vs "exigée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "érigée" and "exigée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "érigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigée" and "exigée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigée vs exigez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #213,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.