Which to use
“exagères” and “exigées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,866
- “exagères” frequency rank
- #29,768
- “exigées” frequency rank
- 72634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exagères | exigées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exagérer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes exagères and exigées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exagères runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against exigées's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: exagères vs exigées
A purely visual mix-up. exagères (\ɛɡ.za.ʒɛʁ\) and exigées (\ɛɡ.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 72634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exagères is recorded at frequency rank #42,866, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.ʒɛʁ\. exigées is at rank #29,768, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.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 72634, this pair ranks #43,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exagères vs exigées
Shared letters: egsx. Private to "exagères": arè. Private to "exigées": ié.
"exagères" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "exigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exagères" and "exigées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exagères" or "exigées"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "exagères" and "exigées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exagères" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exagères" and "exigées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exagèrent vs exagères". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #43,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.