Which to use
“exempt” and “exempte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,647
- “exempt” frequency rank
- #32,812
- “exempte” frequency rank
- 58459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exempt | exempte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui par droit, par privilège, par nature, n’est pas sujet à quelque chose ; qui n’est pas assujetti à quelque chose. | Féminin singulier de exempt. |
Where the eye mixes exempt and exempte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exempt vs exempte
A purely visual mix-up. exempt (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃\) and exempte (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exempt” sits inside “exempte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exempt is recorded at frequency rank #25,647, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃\. 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 58459, this pair ranks #108,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exempt vs exempte
Shared letters: emptx. Private to "exempt": -. Private to "exempte": -.
"exempt" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCC · "exempte" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exempt" and "exempte" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "exempt" or "exempte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exempt" 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 #108,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exempt" 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 #108,955 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.