Which to use
“exigent” and “exigeons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,045
- “exigent” frequency rank
- #36,382
- “exigeons” frequency rank
- 47427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigent | exigeons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes exigent and exigeons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exigent vs exigeons
A purely visual mix-up. exigent (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\) 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 47427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exigent is recorded at frequency rank #11,045, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ziʒ\. 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 47427, this pair ranks #187,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exigent vs exigeons
Shared letters: eginx. Private to "exigent": t. Private to "exigeons": os.
"exigent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "exigeons" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exigent" and "exigeons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "exigent" vs "exigeons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "exigent" and "exigeons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigent" 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 #187,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigent" and "exigeons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigées vs exigeons". 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 #187,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.