Which to use
“exigée” is a verb and “exilée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- #45,601
- “exilée” frequency rank
- 68807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigée | exilée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. | Femme exilée. |
Where the eye mixes exigée and exilée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exigée and exilée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: exigée vs exilée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exigée is \ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\ while exilée is \ɛɡ.zi.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - g in “exigée” becomes l in “exilée”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68807, 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\. exilée is at rank #45,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\.
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 68807, this pair ranks #57,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigée vs exilée
Shared letters: eixé. Private to "exigée": g. Private to "exilée": l.
"exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exilée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exigée" and "exilée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "exigée" vs "exilée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "exilée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigée" and "exilée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #57,608 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.