Which to use
“examen” and “examens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,702
- “examen” frequency rank
- #5,454
- “examens” frequency rank
- 7156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | examen | examens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Observation attentive, réfléchie. | Pluriel de examen. |
Same sound, different letters: examen vs examens
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. examen runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against examens's 7 (VCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - examen and examens
This is the hard kind. examen and examens are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.za.mɛ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “examen” sits inside “examens”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
examen is recorded at frequency rank #1,702, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.mɛ̃\. examens is at rank #5,454, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.mɛ̃\.
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 7156, this pair ranks #424,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of examen vs examens
Shared letters: aemnx. Private to "examen": -. Private to "examens": s.
"examen" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "examens" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "examen" and "examens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "examen" or "examens" show up more?
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 "examen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "examens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "examen" and "examens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "examens vs exams". 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 #424,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.