Which to use
“excessif” and “exclusif” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,377
- “excessif” frequency rank
- #6,502
- “exclusif” frequency rank
- 18879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excessif | exclusif |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui excède la règle, la mesure, le degré ordinaire ou convenable. | Qui a force d’exclure. |
Where the eye mixes excessif and exclusif
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excessif (VCCVCCVC) and exclusif (VCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between excessif and exclusif
A purely visual mix-up. excessif (\ɛk.sɛ.sif\) and exclusif (\ɛks.kly.zif\) 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 18879, 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\. exclusif is at rank #6,502, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly.zif\.
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 18879, this pair ranks #376,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of excessif vs exclusif
Shared letters: cefisx. Private to "excessif": -. Private to "exclusif": lu.
"excessif" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "exclusif" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excessif" for "exclusif" ever safe?
Frequency check: "excessif" vs "exclusif" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "excessif" and "exclusif" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excessif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exclusif" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excessif" and "exclusif" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excluait vs exclusif". 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 #376,130 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.