Which to use
“excessif” and “excessifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,377
- “excessif” frequency rank
- #29,766
- “excessifs” frequency rank
- 42143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excessif | excessifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui excède la règle, la mesure, le degré ordinaire ou convenable. | Masculin pluriel de excessif. |
Where the eye mixes excessif and excessifs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. excessif runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against excessifs's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses excessif with excessifs
A purely visual mix-up. excessif (\ɛk.sɛ.sif\) and excessifs (\ɛk.se.sif\) 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 extra letter(s) - “excessif” sits inside “excessifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excessif is recorded at frequency rank #12,377, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.sɛ.sif\. excessifs is at rank #29,766, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.se.sif\.
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 42143, this pair ranks #227,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excessif vs excessifs
Shared letters: cefisx. Private to "excessif": -. Private to "excessifs": -.
"excessif" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "excessifs" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excessif" and "excessifs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "excessif" or "excessifs"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excessif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excessifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excessif" and "excessifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excessifs vs expressifs". 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 #227,885 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.