Which to use
“exécutif” and “exécutifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,148
- “exécutif” frequency rank
- #30,155
- “exécutifs” frequency rank
- 34303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exécutif | exécutifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a qualité pour faire exécuter les lois, les règles, les ordres, les décisions, etc. | Masculin pluriel de exécutif. |
Same sound, different letters: exécutif vs exécutifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. exécutif runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against exécutifs's 9 (VCVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exécutif vs exécutifs
This is the hard kind. exécutif and exécutifs are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.ze.ky.tif\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exécutif” sits inside “exécutifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exécutif is recorded at frequency rank #4,148, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ky.tif\. 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 34303, this pair ranks #284,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exécutif vs exécutifs
Shared letters: cefituxé. Private to "exécutif": -. Private to "exécutifs": s.
"exécutif" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "exécutifs" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exécutif" and "exécutifs" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "exécutif" or "exécutifs" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exécutif" 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 #284,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exécutif" and "exécutifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exécutifs vs exécutive". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #284,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.