Which to use
“exigeants” is an adjective and “exigeons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,310
- “exigeants” frequency rank
- #36,382
- “exigeons” frequency rank
- 61692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigeants | exigeons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de exigeant. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes exigeants and exigeons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. exigeants runs 9 letters (VCVCVVCCC) against exigeons's 8 (VCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: exigeants vs exigeons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exigeants is \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃\ while exigeons is \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exigeants is recorded at frequency rank #25,310, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃\. exigeons is at rank #36,382, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃\.
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 61692, this pair ranks #90,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigeants vs exigeons
Shared letters: eginsx. Private to "exigeants": at. Private to "exigeons": o.
"exigeants" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCCC · "exigeons" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exigeants" for "exigeons" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exigeants" or "exigeons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigeants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigeons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigeants" and "exigeons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émigrants 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 #90,959 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.