Which to use
“examine” and “examinent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,592
- “examine” frequency rank
- #38,285
- “examinent” frequency rank
- 51877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | examine | examinent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de examiner. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de examiner. |
Same sound, different letters: examine vs examinent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. examine runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against examinent's 9 (VCVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - examine / examinent
This is the hard kind. examine and examinent are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.za.min\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “examine” sits inside “examinent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
examine is recorded at frequency rank #13,592, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.min\. examinent is at rank #38,285, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.min\.
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 51877, this pair ranks #151,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of examine vs examinent
Shared letters: aeimnx. Private to "examine": -. Private to "examinent": t.
"examine" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "examinent" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "examine" and "examinent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "examine" vs "examinent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "examine" / "examinent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "examine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "examinent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "examine" and "examinent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "examinent vs examinez". 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 #151,793 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.