Which to use
“exagère” and “exiger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,875
- “exagère” frequency rank
- #7,824
- “exiger” frequency rank
- 24699
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exagère | exiger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exagérer. | Demander quelque chose en vertu d’un droit légitime ou prétendu tel. |
Where the eye mixes exagère and exiger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. exagère runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against exiger's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between exagère and exiger
A purely visual mix-up. exagère (\ɛɡ.za.ʒɛʁ\) and exiger (\eɡ.zi.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exagère is recorded at frequency rank #16,875, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.ʒɛʁ\. exiger is at rank #7,824, tagged as averb, pronounced \eɡ.zi.ʒe\.
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 24699, this pair ranks #345,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exagère vs exiger
Shared letters: egrx. Private to "exagère": aè. Private to "exiger": i.
"exagère" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "exiger" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exiger ← eixger · exgier · exiegr · exigerr · exigger · exigre · exxiger · xeiger
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exagère" and "exiger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exagère" or "exiger"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exagère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exiger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exagère" and "exiger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exagère vs exonéré". 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 #345,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.