Which to use
“exemple” is a noun and “exempte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #336
- “exemple” frequency rank
- #32,812
- “exempte” frequency rank
- 33148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exemple | exempte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui peut servir de modèle, ce qui peut être imité. | Féminin singulier de exempt. |
Where the eye mixes exemple and exempte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exemple and exempte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: exemple vs exempte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exemple is \ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl\ while exempte is \ɛɡ.zɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - l in “exemple” becomes t in “exempte”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33148, 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\. exempte is at rank #32,812, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃t\.
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 33148, this pair ranks #292,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exemple vs exempte
Shared letters: empx. Private to "exemple": l. Private to "exempte": t.
"exemple" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV · "exempte" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exemple" for "exempte" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exemple" or "exempte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "exemple" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exempte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exemple" and "exempte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "example vs exempte". 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 #292,560 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.