Which to use
“exact” and “exacte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,147
- “exact” frequency rank
- #6,823
- “exacte” frequency rank
- 10970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exact | exacte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui suit rigoureusement la vérité, la convention. | Féminin singulier de exact. |
Same sound, different letters: exact vs exacte
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: exact vs exacte
This is the hard kind. exact and exacte are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.zakt\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exact” sits inside “exacte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exact is recorded at frequency rank #4,147, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zakt\. exacte is at rank #6,823, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zakt\.
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 10970, this pair ranks #410,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exact vs exacte
Shared letters: acetx. Private to "exact": -. Private to "exacte": -.
"exact" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "exacte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exact" and "exacte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "exact" vs "exacte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "exact" / "exacte". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exact" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exacte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exact" and "exacte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "épaté vs exacte". 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 #410,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.