Which to use
“excessifs” and “excessive” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,766
- “excessifs” frequency rank
- #10,152
- “excessive” frequency rank
- 39918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excessifs | excessive |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de excessif. | Féminin singulier de excessif. |
Where the eye mixes excessifs and excessive
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. excessifs (VCCVCCVCC) and excessive (VCCVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between excessifs and excessive
A purely visual mix-up. excessifs (\ɛk.se.sif\) and excessive (\ɛk.se.siv\) 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 39918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excessifs is recorded at frequency rank #29,766, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.se.sif\. excessive is at rank #10,152, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.se.siv\.
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 39918, this pair ranks #244,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excessifs vs excessive
Shared letters: ceisx. Private to "excessifs": f. Private to "excessive": v.
"excessifs" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "excessive" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excessifs" and "excessive" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "excessifs" or "excessive"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excessifs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excessive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excessifs" and "excessive" 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 #244,386 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.