Which to use
“exigez” is a verb and “exilé” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,327
- “exigez” frequency rank
- #17,950
- “exilé” frequency rank
- 65277
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigez | exilé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. | Personne qui quitte volontairement ou non son lieu de vie original. |
Where the eye mixes exigez and exilé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. exigez runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against exilé's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: exigez vs exilé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exigez is \ɛɡ.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 65277, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exigez is recorded at frequency rank #47,327, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.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 65277, this pair ranks #73,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigez vs exilé
Shared letters: eix. Private to "exigez": gz. Private to "exilé": lé.
"exigez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "exilé" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigez ← eixgez · exgiez · exiegz · exigezz · exiggez · exigze · exxigez · xeigez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exigez" for "exilé" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exigez" or "exilé"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "exigez" 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 #73,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigez" and "exilé" 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 #73,065 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.