Which to use
“exigées” and “exigez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,768
- “exigées” frequency rank
- #47,327
- “exigez” frequency rank
- 77095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigées | exigez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exiger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Same sound, different letters: exigées vs exigez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. exigées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against exigez's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - exigées / exigez
This is the hard kind. exigées and exigez are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77095, 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\. exigez is at rank #47,327, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\.
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 77095, this pair ranks #29,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigées vs exigez
Shared letters: egix. Private to "exigées": sé. Private to "exigez": z.
"exigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "exigez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigez ← eixgez · exgiez · exiegz · exigezz · exiggez · exigze · exxigez · xeigez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exigées" and "exigez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "exigées" or "exigez"?
What to do next
"exigées" and "exigez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigées" and "exigez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilée". 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 #29,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.