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. |
Same sound, different letters: exercée vs exercées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. exercée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against exercées's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exercée vs exercées
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exercée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exercées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exercée" and "exercées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exercées vs exercera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #248,786 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.