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

#4,858
“exige” frequency rank
#41,786
“exigera” frequency rank
46644
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exige exigera
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de exiger.

Where the eye mixes exige and exigera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exige runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against exigera's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
exige
7 ch
exigera

Visual trap between exige and exigera

A purely visual mix-up. exige (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\) and exigera (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁa\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “exige” sits inside “exigera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46644, 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\. exigera is at rank #41,786, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁa\.

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 46644, this pair ranks #193,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exige vs exigera

Shared letters: egix. Private to "exige": -. Private to "exigera": ar.

"exige" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "exigera" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exige ← eixge · exgie · exieg · exigge · exxige · xeige
  • exigera ← eixgera · exgiera · exiegra · exigear · exigerra · exiggera · exigrea · exxigera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exige" and "exigera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\ versus \ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exige" or "exigera"?
"exige" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,858 in our French list, against #41,786 for "exigera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exige" and "exigera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigera 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 #193,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list