Which to use
“érigées” and “exigées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,091
- “érigées” frequency rank
- #29,768
- “exigées” frequency rank
- 69859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigées | exigées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de ériger. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes érigées and exigées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. érigées and exigées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses érigées with exigées
A purely visual mix-up. érigées (\e.ʁi.ʒe\) and exigées (\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 69859, 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\. exigées is at rank #29,768, 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 69859, this pair ranks #53,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of érigées vs exigées
Shared letters: egisé. Private to "érigées": r. Private to "exigées": x.
"érigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "exigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "érigées" and "exigées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "érigées" vs "exigées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "érigées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigées" and "exigées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigées vs évitées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #53,515 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.