Which to use
“examinent” and “examinons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,285
- “examinent” frequency rank
- #36,379
- “examinons” frequency rank
- 74664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | examinent | examinons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de examiner. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de examiner. |
Where the eye mixes examinent and examinons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. examinent and examinons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: examinent vs examinons
A purely visual mix-up. examinent (\ɛɡ.za.min\) and examinons (\ɛɡ.za.mi.nɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
examinent is recorded at frequency rank #38,285, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.min\. examinons is at rank #36,379, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.mi.nɔ̃\.
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 74664, this pair ranks #36,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of examinent vs examinons
Shared letters: aeimnx. Private to "examinent": t. Private to "examinons": os.
"examinent" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC · "examinons" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "examinent" and "examinons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "examinent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "examinons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "examinent" and "examinons" 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 #36,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.