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

#32,812
“exempte” frequency rank
#39,792
“exempts” frequency rank
72604
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exempte exempts
Definition Féminin singulier de exempt. Masculin pluriel de exempt.

Where the eye mixes exempte and exempts

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

7 ch
exempte
7 ch
exempts

Visual trap between exempte and exempts

A purely visual mix-up. exempte (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃t\) and exempts (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - e in “exempte” becomes s in “exempts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72604, 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\. exempts is at rank #39,792, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɑ̃\.

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 72604, this pair ranks #43,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exempte vs exempts

Shared letters: emptx. Private to "exempte": -. Private to "exempts": s.

"exempte" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV  ·  "exempts" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exempteeexmpte · exemmpte · exempet · exemppte · exemptte · exemtpe · exepmte · exmepte
  • exemptseexmpts · exemmpts · exemppts · exempst · exemptss · exemptts · exemtps · exepmts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exempte" and "exempts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.zɑ̃t\ versus \ɛɡ.zɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exempte" vs "exempts" - which ranks higher?
"exempte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,812 in our French list, against #39,792 for "exempts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "exempte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exempts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exempte" and "exempts" 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 #43,415 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