Which to use
“étire” and “exilé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,236
- “étire” frequency rank
- #17,950
- “exilé” frequency rank
- 44186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | étire | exilé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lame métallique (anciennement en pierre) montée sur un manche sur le côté le plus long et qui servait à pratiquer le butage. | Personne qui quitte volontairement ou non son lieu de vie original. |
Where the eye mixes étire and exilé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. étire and exilé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: étire vs exilé
A purely visual mix-up. étire (\e.tiʁ\) and exilé (\ɛɡ.zi.le\) 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 44186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
étire is recorded at frequency rank #26,236, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.tiʁ\. exilé is at rank #17,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\.
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 44186, this pair ranks #212,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of étire vs exilé
Shared letters: eié. Private to "étire": rt. Private to "exilé": lx.
"étire" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "exilé" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "étire" for "exilé" ever safe?
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "étire" and "exilé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "étire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exilé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "étire" and "exilé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Erdre vs étire". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #212,383 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.