Which to use
“érigées” and “exigée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,091
- “érigées” frequency rank
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- 63297
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigées | exigée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de ériger. | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes érigées and exigée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. érigées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against exigée's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between érigées and exigée
A purely visual mix-up. érigées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
érigées is recorded at frequency rank #40,091, 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 63297, this pair ranks #82,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of érigées vs exigée
Shared letters: egié. Private to "érigées": rs. Private to "exigée": x.
"érigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "érigées" and "exigée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "érigées" or "exigée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "érigées" and "exigée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "érigées" 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 #82,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigées" and "exigée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigées vs évitées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #82,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.