Which to use
“excès” and “eyes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,668
- “excès” frequency rank
- #21,318
- “eyes” frequency rank
- 25986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excès | eyes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui est en trop. | Pluriel de eye, « yeux ». |
Where the eye mixes excès and eyes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. excès runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against eyes's 4 (VVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: excès vs eyes
A purely visual mix-up. excès (\ɛk.sɛ\) and eyes (\aɪz\) 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 25986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excès is recorded at frequency rank #4,668, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.sɛ\. eyes is at rank #21,318, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aɪz\.
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 25986, this pair ranks #337,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of excès vs eyes
Shared letters: es. Private to "excès": cxè. Private to "eyes": y.
"excès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "eyes" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- eyes ← eeys · eyess · eyse · eyyes · yees
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excès" and "eyes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "excès" vs "eyes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "excès" and "eyes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eyes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excès" and "eyes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "élec vs eyes". 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 #337,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.