Which to use
“inexact” and “inexactes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,998
- “inexact” frequency rank
- #41,839
- “inexactes” frequency rank
- 77837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inexact | inexactes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui renferme des inexactitudes. | Féminin pluriel de inexact. |
Same sound, different letters: inexact vs inexactes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inexact runs 7 letters (VCVCVCC) against inexactes's 9 (VCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: inexact vs inexactes
This is the hard kind. inexact and inexactes are pronounced identically (\i.nɛɡ.zakt\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “inexact” sits inside “inexactes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inexact is recorded at frequency rank #35,998, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.nɛɡ.zakt\. inexactes is at rank #41,839, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.nɛɡ.zakt\.
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 77837, this pair ranks #27,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inexact vs inexactes
Shared letters: aceintx. Private to "inexact": -. Private to "inexactes": s.
"inexact" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "inexactes" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inexact" for "inexactes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inexact" vs "inexactes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "inexact" / "inexactes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "inexact" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inexactes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inexact" and "inexactes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inexacte vs inexactes". 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 #27,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.