Which to use
“érigée” and “exigez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,899
- “érigée” frequency rank
- #47,327
- “exigez” frequency rank
- 68226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigée | exigez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de ériger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes érigée and exigez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. érigée (VCVCVV) and exigez (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between érigée and exigez
A purely visual mix-up. érigée (\e.ʁi.ʒe\) and exigez (\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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68226, 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\. exigez is at rank #47,327, 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 68226, this pair ranks #60,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of érigée vs exigez
Shared letters: egi. Private to "érigée": ré. Private to "exigez": xz.
"érigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exigez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigez ← eixgez · exgiez · exiegz · exigezz · exiggez · exigze · exxigez · xeigez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "érigée" and "exigez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "érigée" or "exigez" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "érigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigée" and "exigez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilée". 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 #60,024 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.