Which to use
“excusent” and “excusez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,325
- “excusent” frequency rank
- #9,653
- “excusez” frequency rank
- 56978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excusent | excusez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de excuser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de excuser. |
Where the eye mixes excusent and excusez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excusent runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against excusez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: excusent vs excusez
A purely visual mix-up. excusent (\ɛk.skyz\) and excusez (\ɛk.sky.ze\) 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 56978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excusent is recorded at frequency rank #47,325, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.skyz\. excusez is at rank #9,653, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.sky.ze\.
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 56978, this pair ranks #117,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excusent vs excusez
Shared letters: cesux. Private to "excusent": nt. Private to "excusez": z.
"excusent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "excusez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excusent" and "excusez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "excusent" vs "excusez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "excusent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excusez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excusent" and "excusez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excusant vs excusent". 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 #117,765 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.