Which to use
“inexacte” and “inexactes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,508
- “inexacte” frequency rank
- #41,839
- “inexactes” frequency rank
- 86347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inexacte | inexactes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de 'inexact. | Féminin pluriel de inexact. |
Same sound, different letters: inexacte vs inexactes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. inexacte runs 8 letters (VCVCVCCV) against inexactes's 9 (VCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - inexacte and inexactes
This is the hard kind. inexacte 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 1 extra letter(s) - “inexacte” sits inside “inexactes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inexacte is recorded at frequency rank #44,508, 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 86347, this pair ranks #9,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inexacte vs inexactes
Shared letters: aceintx. Private to "inexacte": -. Private to "inexactes": s.
"inexacte" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV · "inexactes" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inexacte" for "inexactes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inexacte" vs "inexactes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"inexacte" and "inexactes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "inexacte" 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 #9,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inexacte" and "inexactes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inexact vs inexacte". 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 #9,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.