Which to use
“exact” and “exactes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,147
- “exact” frequency rank
- #14,034
- “exactes” frequency rank
- 18181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exact | exactes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui suit rigoureusement la vérité, la convention. | Féminin pluriel de exact. |
Same sound, different letters: exact vs exactes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: exact vs exactes
This is the hard kind. exact and exactes 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 2 extra letter(s) - “exact” sits inside “exactes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18181, 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\. exactes is at rank #14,034, 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 18181, this pair ranks #379,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exact vs exactes
Shared letters: acetx. Private to "exact": -. Private to "exactes": s.
"exact" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "exactes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exact" and "exactes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "exact" vs "exactes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exact" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exactes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exact" and "exactes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exactes vs existes". 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 #379,605 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.