Which to use
“exigée” and “exiler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- #28,165
- “exiler” frequency rank
- 51371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigée | exiler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. | Envoyer en exil. |
Where the eye mixes exigée and exiler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. exigée (VCVCVV) and exiler (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: exigée vs exiler
A purely visual mix-up. exigée (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and exiler (\ɛɡ.zi.le\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51371, 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\. exiler is at rank #28,165, tagged as averb, 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 51371, this pair ranks #155,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exigée vs exiler
Shared letters: eix. Private to "exigée": gé. Private to "exiler": lr.
"exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exiler" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exiler ← eixler · exielr · exilerr · exiller · exilre · exlier · exxiler · xeiler
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exigée" for "exiler" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exigée" or "exiler" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "exigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigée" and "exiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "épier vs exiler". 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 #155,528 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.