Which to use
“exagération” and “exagérations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,439
- “exagération” frequency rank
- #49,643
- “exagérations” frequency rank
- 70082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exagération | exagérations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’exagérer ou résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de exagération. |
Same sound, different letters: exagération vs exagérations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. exagération runs 11 letters (VCVCVCVCVVC) against exagérations's 12 (VCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - exagération / exagérations
This is the hard kind. exagération and exagérations are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.za.ʒe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “exagération” sits inside “exagérations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exagération is recorded at frequency rank #20,439, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.ʒe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. exagérations is at rank #49,643, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.ʒe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
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 70082, this pair ranks #52,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exagération vs exagérations
Shared letters: aeginortxé. Private to "exagération": -. Private to "exagérations": s.
"exagération" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVC · "exagérations" · 12 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exagération" for "exagérations" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exagération" vs "exagérations" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exagération" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exagérations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exagération" and "exagérations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exagérations vs exonérations". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.