Which to use
“exigeante” and “exigeantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,618
- “exigeante” frequency rank
- #40,259
- “exigeantes” frequency rank
- 61877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigeante | exigeantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de exigeant. | Féminin pluriel de exigeant. |
Same sound, different letters: exigeante vs exigeantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. exigeante runs 9 letters (VCVCVVCCV) against exigeantes's 10 (VCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - exigeante / exigeantes
This is the hard kind. exigeante and exigeantes are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃t\) 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) - “exigeante” sits inside “exigeantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exigeante is recorded at frequency rank #21,618, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃t\. exigeantes is at rank #40,259, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃t\.
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 61877, this pair ranks #89,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigeante vs exigeantes
Shared letters: aegintx. Private to "exigeante": -. Private to "exigeantes": s.
"exigeante" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCCV · "exigeantes" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigeante ← eixgeante · exgieante · exiegante · exigaente · exigeanet · exigeannte · exigeantte · exigeatne
- exigeantes ← eixgeantes · exgieantes · exiegantes · exigaentes · exigeanets · exigeanntes · exigeantess · exigeantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exigeante" for "exigeantes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exigeante" or "exigeantes"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "exigeante" / "exigeantes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigeante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigeantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigeante" and "exigeantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigeantes vs exigeants". 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 #89,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.