Which to use
“exécutées” and “exécutent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,209
- “exécutées” frequency rank
- #31,024
- “exécutent” frequency rank
- 54233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exécutées | exécutent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exécuter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exécuter. |
Where the eye mixes exécutées and exécutent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. exécutées (VCVCVCVVC) and exécutent (VCVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between exécutées and exécutent
A purely visual mix-up. exécutées (\ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\) and exécutent (\ɛɡ.ze.kyt\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exécutées is recorded at frequency rank #23,209, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\. exécutent is at rank #31,024, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.kyt\.
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 54233, this pair ranks #135,362 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exécutées vs exécutent
Shared letters: cetuxé. Private to "exécutées": s. Private to "exécutent": n.
"exécutées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "exécutent" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exécutées" and "exécutent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "exécutées" or "exécutent" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exécutées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exécutent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,362 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exécutées" and "exécutent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excusent vs exécutent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #135,362 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.