Which to use
“exagèrent” and “exagères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,930
- “exagèrent” frequency rank
- #42,866
- “exagères” frequency rank
- 86796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exagèrent | exagères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exagérer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exagérer. |
Same sound, different letters: exagèrent vs exagères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. exagèrent runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCC) against exagères's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - exagèrent / exagères
This is the hard kind. exagèrent and exagères are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.za.ʒɛʁ\) and both work as averb. 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 86796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exagèrent is recorded at frequency rank #43,930, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.ʒɛʁ\. exagères is at rank #42,866, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.ʒɛʁ\.
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 86796, this pair ranks #9,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exagèrent vs exagères
Shared letters: aegrxè. Private to "exagèrent": nt. Private to "exagères": s.
"exagèrent" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC · "exagères" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exagèrent" for "exagères" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exagèrent" or "exagères"?
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 "exagèrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exagères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exagèrent" and "exagères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exagérément vs exagèrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,162 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.