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.
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?
Frequency check: "exagérée" vs "exagérées" - which ranks higher?
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.