Which to use
“exécutée” and “exécuter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,708
- “exécutée” frequency rank
- #7,057
- “exécuter” frequency rank
- 24765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exécutée | exécuter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exécuter. | Mettre à effet ; agir pour qu’une chose soit faite. |
Same sound, different letters: exécutée vs exécuter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. exécutée (VCVCVCVV) and exécuter (VCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - exécutée and exécuter
This is the hard kind. exécutée and exécuter are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exécutée is recorded at frequency rank #17,708, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\. exécuter is at rank #7,057, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\.
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 24765, this pair ranks #344,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exécutée vs exécuter
Shared letters: cetuxé. Private to "exécutée": -. Private to "exécuter": r.
"exécutée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "exécuter" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exécutée" for "exécuter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exécutée" vs "exécuter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exécutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exécuter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exécutée" and "exécuter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excusée vs exécutée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #344,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.