exemptevsexemptésConfusable pair

Which to use

“exempte” and “exemptés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,812
“exempte” frequency rank
#35,936
“exemptés” frequency rank
68748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exempte exemptés
Definition Féminin singulier de exempt. Masculin pluriel de exempté.

Where the eye mixes exempte and exemptés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
exempte
8 ch
exemptés

Look-alike desk: exempte vs exemptés

A purely visual mix-up. exempte (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃t\) and exemptés (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃.te\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exempte is recorded at frequency rank #32,812, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃t\. exemptés is at rank #35,936, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃.te\.

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 68748, this pair ranks #57,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exempte vs exemptés

Shared letters: emptx. Private to "exempte": -. Private to "exemptés": .

"exempte" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV  ·  "exemptés" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exempteeexmpte · exemmpte · exempet · exemppte · exemptte · exemtpe · exepmte · exmepte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exempte" and "exemptés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃t\ versus \ɛɡ.zɑ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exempte" vs "exemptés" - which ranks higher?
"exempte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,812 in our French list, against #35,936 for "exemptés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "exempte" and "exemptés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exempte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exemptés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exempte" and "exemptés" 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 #57,880 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list