Which to use
“exigées” and “existes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,768
- “exigées” frequency rank
- #39,287
- “existes” frequency rank
- 69055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigées | existes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exiger. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exister. |
Where the eye mixes exigées and existes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exigées vs existes
A purely visual mix-up. exigées (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and existes (\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 69055, 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\. existes is at rank #39,287, 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 69055, this pair ranks #56,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigées vs existes
Shared letters: eisx. Private to "exigées": gé. Private to "existes": t.
"exigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "existes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- existes ← eixstes · exisets · exisstes · existess · existse · existtes · exitses · exsites
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exigées" and "existes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exigées" or "existes"?
Useful next steps
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 "existes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigées" and "existes" 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 #56,656 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.