Which to use
“exige” and “exigent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,858
- “exige” frequency rank
- #11,045
- “exigent” frequency rank
- 15903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exige | exigent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Same sound, different letters: exige vs exigent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - exige and exigent
This is the hard kind. exige and exigent are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “exige” sits inside “exigent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exige is recorded at frequency rank #4,858, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ziʒ\. exigent is at rank #11,045, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ziʒ\.
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 15903, this pair ranks #390,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exige vs exigent
Shared letters: egix. Private to "exige": -. Private to "exigent": nt.
"exige" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "exigent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exige" and "exigent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "exige" vs "exigent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"exige" and "exigent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "exige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exige" and "exigent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigent vs exigez". 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 #390,323 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.