Which to use
“exacte” and “exactes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,823
- “exacte” frequency rank
- #14,034
- “exactes” frequency rank
- 20857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exacte | exactes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de exact. | Féminin pluriel de exact. |
Same sound, different letters: exacte vs exactes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. exacte runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against exactes's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exacte vs exactes
This is the hard kind. exacte 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 1 extra letter(s) - “exacte” sits inside “exactes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exacte is recorded at frequency rank #6,823, 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 20857, this pair ranks #366,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exacte vs exactes
Shared letters: acetx. Private to "exacte": -. Private to "exactes": s.
"exacte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "exactes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exacte" and "exactes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exacte" or "exactes"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exacte" 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 #366,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exacte" 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 #366,130 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.