Which to use
“exercé” is a verb and “exercée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,320
- “exercé” frequency rank
- #16,127
- “exercée” frequency rank
- 26447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exercé | exercée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de exercer. | Féminin singulier de exercé. |
Same sound, different letters: exercé vs exercée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. exercé runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against exercée's 7 (VCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - exercé and exercée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: exercé and exercée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exercé” sits inside “exercée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exercé is recorded at frequency rank #10,320, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\. exercée is at rank #16,127, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\.
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 26447, this pair ranks #334,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exercé vs exercée
Shared letters: cerxé. Private to "exercé": -. Private to "exercée": -.
"exercé" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "exercée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exercé" and "exercée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "exercé" vs "exercée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "exercé" / "exercée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exercé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exercée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exercé" and "exercée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émergée vs exercée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #334,956 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.