Which to use
“exigée” and “existe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,206
- “exigée” frequency rank
- #554
- “existe” frequency rank
- 23760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigée | existe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de exiger. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de exister. |
Where the eye mixes exigée and existe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exigée vs existe
A purely visual mix-up. exigée (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and existe (\ɛɡ.zist\) 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 23760, 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\. existe is at rank #554, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zist\.
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 23760, this pair ranks #350,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exigée vs existe
Shared letters: eix. Private to "exigée": gé. Private to "existe": st.
"exigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "existe" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- existe ← eixste · exiset · exisste · existte · exitse · exsite · exxiste · xeiste
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exigée" for "existe" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exigée" vs "existe" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "exigée" and "existe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "existe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigée" and "existe" 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 #350,623 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.