Which to use
“exerça” and “exerçait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,813
- “exerça” frequency rank
- #27,057
- “exerçait” frequency rank
- 59870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exerça | exerçait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de exercer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de exercer. |
Where the eye mixes exerça and exerçait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exerça runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against exerçait's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses exerça with exerçait
A purely visual mix-up. exerça (\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sa\) and exerçait (\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “exerça” sits inside “exerçait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exerça is recorded at frequency rank #32,813, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sa\. exerçait is at rank #27,057, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɛ\.
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 59870, this pair ranks #100,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exerça vs exerçait
Shared letters: aerxç. Private to "exerça": -. Private to "exerçait": it.
"exerça" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "exerçait" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exerça" for "exerçait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exerça" vs "exerçait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "exerça" and "exerçait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exerça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exerçait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exerça" and "exerçait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exerça vs exercera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #100,758 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.