Which to use
“exercé” and “exercer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,320
- “exercé” frequency rank
- #4,232
- “exercer” frequency rank
- 14552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exercé | exercer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de exercer. | Dresser, former, instruire à quelque chose par des actes fréquents. |
Same sound, different letters: exercé vs exercer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. exercé runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against exercer's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - exercé / exercer
This is the hard kind. exercé and exercer are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14552, 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\. exercer is at rank #4,232, tagged as averb, 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 14552, this pair ranks #396,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exercé vs exercer
Shared letters: cerx. Private to "exercé": é. Private to "exercer": -.
"exercé" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "exercer" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exercer ← eexrcer · execrer · exerccer · exercerr · exercre · exerecr · exerrcer · exrecer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exercé" and "exercer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "exercé" vs "exercer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"exercé" and "exercer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "exercé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exercer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exercé" and "exercer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exercé vs exercera". 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 #396,182 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.