Which to use
“excessives” and “exclusives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,725
- “excessives” frequency rank
- #18,742
- “exclusives” frequency rank
- 45467
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excessives | exclusives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de excessif. | Féminin pluriel de exclusif. |
Where the eye mixes excessives and exclusives
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. excessives (VCCVCCVCVC) and exclusives (VCCCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between excessives and exclusives
A purely visual mix-up. excessives (\ɛk.se.siv\) and exclusives (\ɛks.kly.ziv\) 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 45467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excessives is recorded at frequency rank #26,725, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.se.siv\. exclusives is at rank #18,742, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly.ziv\.
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 45467, this pair ranks #202,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excessives vs exclusives
Shared letters: ceisvx. Private to "excessives": -. Private to "exclusives": lu.
"excessives" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "exclusives" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- excessives ← ecxessives · exccessives · excesisves · excesives · excessievs · excessivess · excessivse · excessivves
- exclusives ← ecxlusives · excclusives · excllusives · exclsuives · excluisves · exclusievs · exclusivess · exclusivse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excessives" for "exclusives" ever safe?
Frequency check: "excessives" vs "exclusives" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "excessives" and "exclusives" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excessives" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exclusives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excessives" and "exclusives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excessifs vs excessives". 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 #202,498 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.