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Which to use

“exagérée” and “exagérées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,204
“exagérée” frequency rank
#37,803
“exagérées” frequency rank
61007
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exagérée exagérées
Definition Féminin singulier de exagéré. Féminin pluriel de exagéré.

Same sound, different letters: exagérée vs exagérées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. exagérée runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against exagérées's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
exagérée
9 ch
exagérées

Same sound, different spelling - exagérée / exagérées

This is the hard kind. exagérée and exagérées are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.za.ʒe.ʁe\) 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) - “exagérée” sits inside “exagérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exagérée is recorded at frequency rank #23,204, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.ʒe.ʁe\. exagérées is at rank #37,803, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.ʒe.ʁe\.

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 61007, this pair ranks #94,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exagérée vs exagérées

Shared letters: aegrxé. Private to "exagérée": -. Private to "exagérées": s.

"exagérée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV  ·  "exagérées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exagérée" and "exagérées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛɡ.za.ʒe.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "exagérée" vs "exagérées" - which ranks higher?
"exagérée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,204 in our French list, against #37,803 for "exagérées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"exagérée" and "exagérées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exagérée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exagérées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exagérée" and "exagérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exagérées vs exagèrent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #94,563 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list