exigéesvsexigeonsConfusable pair

Which to use

“exigées” and “exigeons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,768
“exigées” frequency rank
#36,382
“exigeons” frequency rank
66150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigées exigeons
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de exiger. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger.

Where the eye mixes exigées and exigeons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
exigées
8 ch
exigeons

Look-alike desk: exigées vs exigeons

A purely visual mix-up. exigées (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and exigeons (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exigées is recorded at frequency rank #29,768, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\. exigeons is at rank #36,382, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃\.

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 66150, this pair ranks #69,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exigées vs exigeons

Shared letters: egisx. Private to "exigées": é. Private to "exigeons": no.

"exigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "exigeons" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exigeonseixgeons · exgieons · exiegons · exigenos · exigeonns · exigeonss · exigeosn · exiggeons

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exigées" for "exigeons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\ versus \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "exigées" or "exigeons" show up more?
"exigées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,768 in our French list, against #36,382 for "exigeons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exigées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigeons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigées" and "exigeons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigées 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 #69,057 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