Which to use
“excède” and “excel” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,543
- “excède” frequency rank
- #15,376
- “excel” frequency rank
- 38919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excède | excel |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de excéder. | Exceller, dépasser, maitriser. |
Where the eye mixes excède and excel
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses excède with excel
A purely visual mix-up. excède (\ɛk.sɛd\) and excel (\ɪkˈsɛl\) 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 38919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excède is recorded at frequency rank #23,543, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.sɛd\. excel is at rank #15,376, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɪkˈsɛl\.
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 38919, this pair ranks #251,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excède vs excel
Shared letters: cex. Private to "excède": dè. Private to "excel": l.
"excède" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "excel" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- excel ← ecxel · exccel · excell · excle · execl · exxcel · xecel
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excède" and "excel" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "excède" vs "excel" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "excède" and "excel" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excède" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excède" and "excel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excède vs expédie". 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 #251,845 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.