Which to use
“exemple” and “exemples” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #336
- “exemple” frequency rank
- #2,474
- “exemples” frequency rank
- 2810
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exemple | exemples |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui peut servir de modèle, ce qui peut être imité. | Pluriel de exemple. |
Same sound, different letters: exemple vs exemples
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - exemple and exemples
This is the hard kind. exemple and exemples are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “exemple” sits inside “exemples”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exemple is recorded at frequency rank #336, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\. exemples is at rank #2,474, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\.
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 2810, this pair ranks #435,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exemple vs exemples
Shared letters: elmpx. Private to "exemple": -. Private to "exemples": s.
"exemple" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV · "exemples" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exemple" and "exemples" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "exemple" vs "exemples" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"exemple" and "exemples" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "exemple" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exemples" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exemple" and "exemples" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "example vs exemples". 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 #435,433 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.