Which to use
“exigées” is a verb and “exilée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,768
- “exigées” frequency rank
- #45,601
- “exilée” frequency rank
- 75369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigées | exilée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exiger. | Femme exilée. |
Where the eye mixes exigées and exilée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exigées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against exilée's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between exigées and exilée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exigées is \ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\ while exilée is \ɛɡ.zi.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75369, 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\. exilée is at rank #45,601, tagged as anoun, 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 75369, this pair ranks #34,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigées vs exilée
Shared letters: eixé. Private to "exigées": gs. Private to "exilée": l.
"exigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "exilée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exigées" and "exilée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "exigées" vs "exilée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "exilée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigées" and "exilée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #34,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.