Which to use
“exigée” and “exigez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- #47,327
- “exigez” frequency rank
- 70533
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigée | exigez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Same sound, different letters: exigée vs exigez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. exigée (VCVCVV) and exigez (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - exigée / exigez
This is the hard kind. exigée and exigez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70533, 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\. exigez is at rank #47,327, 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 70533, this pair ranks #50,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigée vs exigez
Shared letters: egix. Private to "exigée": é. Private to "exigez": z.
"exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exigez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigez ← eixgez · exgiez · exiegz · exigezz · exiggez · exigze · exxigez · xeigez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exigée" and "exigez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exigée" or "exigez"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigée" and "exigez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilée". 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 #50,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.