Which to use
“exactes” and “exacts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,034
- “exactes” frequency rank
- #21,616
- “exacts” frequency rank
- 35650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exactes | exacts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de exact. | Masculin pluriel de exact. |
Same sound, different letters: exactes vs exacts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - exactes and exacts
This is the hard kind. exactes and exacts 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exactes is recorded at frequency rank #14,034, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zakt\. exacts is at rank #21,616, 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 35650, this pair ranks #275,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exactes vs exacts
Shared letters: acestx. Private to "exactes": -. Private to "exacts": -.
"exactes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "exacts" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exactes" for "exacts" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"exactes" and "exacts" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "exactes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exacts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exactes" and "exacts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exacts vs exams". 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 #275,209 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.