Which to use
“exigée” and “exigées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- #29,768
- “exigées” frequency rank
- 52974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigée | exigées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exiger. |
Same sound, different letters: exigée vs exigées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. exigée runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against exigées's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exigée vs exigées
This is the hard kind. exigée and exigées are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “exigée” sits inside “exigées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exigée is recorded at frequency rank #23,206, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\. exigées is at rank #29,768, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.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 52974, this pair ranks #143,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exigée vs exigées
Shared letters: egixé. Private to "exigée": -. Private to "exigées": s.
"exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exigée" and "exigées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "exigée" or "exigées" show up more?
After this comparison
"exigée" and "exigées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigée" and "exigées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigées vs exigez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #143,986 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.