Which to use
“exigée” and “exigent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- #11,045
- “exigent” frequency rank
- 34251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigée | exigent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes exigée and exigent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses exigée with exigent
A purely visual mix-up. exigée (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and exigent (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34251, 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\. 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 34251, this pair ranks #285,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exigée vs exigent
Shared letters: egix. Private to "exigée": é. Private to "exigent": nt.
"exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exigent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigent ← eixgent · exgient · exiegnt · exigennt · exigentt · exigetn · exiggent · exignet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exigée" for "exigent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exigée" or "exigent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "exigée" and "exigent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigée" 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 #285,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigée" and "exigent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigée 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 #285,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.