Which to use
“exigée” and “exiger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- #7,824
- “exiger” frequency rank
- 31030
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigée | exiger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. | Demander quelque chose en vertu d’un droit légitime ou prétendu tel. |
Where the eye mixes exigée and exiger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between exigée and exiger
A purely visual mix-up. exigée (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and exiger (\eɡ.zi.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31030, 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\. exiger is at rank #7,824, tagged as averb, pronounced \eɡ.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 31030, this pair ranks #306,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exigée vs exiger
Shared letters: egix. Private to "exigée": é. Private to "exiger": r.
"exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exiger" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exiger ← eixger · exgier · exiegr · exigerr · exigger · exigre · exxiger · xeiger
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exigée" and "exiger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "exigée" vs "exiger" - which ranks higher?
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 "exigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exiger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigée" and "exiger" 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 #306,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.