Which to use
“exigent” and “exigez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,045
- “exigent” frequency rank
- #47,327
- “exigez” frequency rank
- 58372
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigent | exigez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes exigent and exigez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exigent runs 7 letters (VCVCVCC) against exigez's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses exigent with exigez
A purely visual mix-up. exigent (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\) and exigez (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) 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 58372, 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\. 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 58372, this pair ranks #109,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigent vs exigez
Shared letters: egix. Private to "exigent": nt. Private to "exigez": z.
"exigent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "exigez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exigent" and "exigez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "exigent" vs "exigez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigent" 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 #109,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigent" 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 #109,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.