Which to use
“excède” is a verb and “exode” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,543
- “excède” frequency rank
- #13,594
- “exode” frequency rank
- 37137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excède | exode |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de excéder. | Dernière partie d’une tragédie grecque, qui, après la sortie du chœur, contenait le dénouement. |
Where the eye mixes excède and exode
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: excède vs exode
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excède is \ɛk.sɛd\ while exode is \ɛɡ.zɔd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37137, 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\. exode is at rank #13,594, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɔd\.
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 37137, this pair ranks #264,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excède vs exode
Shared letters: dex. Private to "excède": cè. Private to "exode": o.
"excède" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "exode" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exode ← eoxde · exdoe · exodde · exoed · exxode · xeode
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excède" and "exode" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "excède" or "exode"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "excède" and "exode" 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 "exode" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excède" and "exode" 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 #264,619 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.