Which to use
“exercée” is an adjective and “exercer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,127
- “exercée” frequency rank
- #4,232
- “exercer” frequency rank
- 20359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exercée | exercer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de exercé. | Dresser, former, instruire à quelque chose par des actes fréquents. |
Same sound, different letters: exercée vs exercer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. exercée (VCVCCVV) and exercer (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: exercée vs exercer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: exercée and exercer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20359, 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\. 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 20359, this pair ranks #368,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exercée vs exercer
Shared letters: cerx. Private to "exercée": é. Private to "exercer": -.
"exercée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "exercer" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exercer ← eexrcer · execrer · exerccer · exercerr · exercre · exerecr · exerrcer · exrecer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exercée" and "exercer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exercée" or "exercer"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "exercée" / "exercer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exercée" 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 #368,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exercée" and "exercer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émergée vs exercée". 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 #368,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.