Which to use
“exhiber” and “exiger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,547
- “exhiber” frequency rank
- #7,824
- “exiger” frequency rank
- 36371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exhiber | exiger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Produire des pièces en justice. | Demander quelque chose en vertu d’un droit légitime ou prétendu tel. |
Where the eye mixes exhiber and exiger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exhiber runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against exiger's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between exhiber and exiger
A purely visual mix-up. exhiber (\ɛɡ.zi.be\) and exiger (\eɡ.zi.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exhiber is recorded at frequency rank #28,547, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.be\. exiger is at rank #7,824, tagged as averb, pronounced \eɡ.zi.ʒe\.
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 36371, this pair ranks #270,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exhiber vs exiger
Shared letters: eirx. Private to "exhiber": bh. Private to "exiger": g.
"exhiber" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "exiger" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exhiber" and "exiger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "exhiber" or "exiger" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "exhiber" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exiger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exhiber" and "exiger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exhib vs exhiber". 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 #270,092 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.