Which to use
“exécutées” is a verb and “exécutifs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,209
- “exécutées” frequency rank
- #30,155
- “exécutifs” frequency rank
- 53364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exécutées | exécutifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exécuter. | Masculin pluriel de exécutif. |
Where the eye mixes exécutées and exécutifs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. exécutées (VCVCVCVVC) and exécutifs (VCVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: exécutées vs exécutifs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exécutées is \ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\ while exécutifs is \ɛɡ.ze.ky.tif\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53364, 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\. exécutifs is at rank #30,155, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ky.tif\.
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 53364, this pair ranks #141,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exécutées vs exécutifs
Shared letters: cestuxé. Private to "exécutées": -. Private to "exécutifs": fi.
"exécutées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "exécutifs" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exécutées" for "exécutifs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exécutées" vs "exécutifs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "exécutées" and "exécutifs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exécutées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exécutifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exécutées" and "exécutifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exécutées vs exécuteur". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #141,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.