exigéesvsexigeraTell them apart

Which to use

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

#29,768
“exigées” frequency rank
#41,786
“exigera” frequency rank
71554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigées exigera
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de exiger. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de exiger.

Where the eye mixes exigées and exigera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
exigées
7 ch
exigera

Why the eye confuses exigées with exigera

A purely visual mix-up. exigées (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and exigera (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁa\) 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 71554, 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\. exigera is at rank #41,786, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁa\.

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 71554, this pair ranks #47,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exigées vs exigera

Shared letters: egix. Private to "exigées": . Private to "exigera": ar.

"exigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "exigera" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exigeraeixgera · exgiera · exiegra · exigear · exigerra · exiggera · exigrea · exxigera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exigées" and "exigera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\ versus \ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exigées" or "exigera"?
"exigées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,768 in our French list, against #41,786 for "exigera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "exigées" and "exigera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exigées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigées" and "exigera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigera 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 #47,145 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