Which to use
“exiger” is a verb and “exilé” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,824
- “exiger” frequency rank
- #17,950
- “exilé” frequency rank
- 25774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exiger | exilé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Demander quelque chose en vertu d’un droit légitime ou prétendu tel. | Personne qui quitte volontairement ou non son lieu de vie original. |
Where the eye mixes exiger and exilé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses exiger with exilé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exiger is \eɡ.zi.ʒe\ while exilé 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 25774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exiger is recorded at frequency rank #7,824, classified as averb, pronounced \eɡ.zi.ʒe\. exilé is at rank #17,950, 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 25774, this pair ranks #338,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exiger vs exilé
Shared letters: eix. Private to "exiger": gr. Private to "exilé": lé.
"exiger" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "exilé" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exiger ← eixger · exgier · exiegr · exigerr · exigger · exigre · exxiger · xeiger
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exiger" for "exilé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exiger" vs "exilé" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exiger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exilé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exiger" and "exilé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilé". 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 #338,907 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.