exercée vs exercées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#16,127
“exercée” frequency rank: #23,205
“exercées” frequency rank: 39332
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	exercée	exercées
Definition	Féminin singulier de exercé.	Féminin pluriel de exercé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set exercée and exercées apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

exercée

8 ch

exercées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. exercée and exercées are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\) and both work as anadjective. 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 extra letter(s) - “exercée” sits inside “exercées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exercée is recorded at frequency rank #16,127, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\. exercées is at rank #23,205, 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 39332, this pair ranks #248,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exercée vs exercées

Shared letters: cerxé. Private to "exercée": -. Private to "exercées": s.

"exercée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "exercées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC

Frequency comparison

exercée#16,127

exercées#23,205

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exercée" and "exercées" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "exercée" or "exercées"?

"exercée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,127 in our French list, against #23,205 for "exercées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering exercée vs exercées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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