exigéevsexigezConfusable pair

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.

6 ch
exigée
6 ch
exigez

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "exigée" or "exigez"?
"exigée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,206 in our French list, against #47,327 for "exigez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list