Which to use
“verbe” is a noun and “vexée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,146
- “verbe” frequency rank
- #40,075
- “vexée” frequency rank
- 46221
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbe | vexée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie du discours qui exprime soit une action faite ou supportée par le sujet, soit un état ou une manière d’être du sujet, et qui, pour les exprimer, possède un certain nombre de formes diverses dont l’ensemble est appelé conjugaison, lesquelles formes expriment son sujet et le temps de la proposition. | Féminin singulier de vexé. |
Where the eye mixes verbe and vexée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. verbe (CVCCV) and vexée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: verbe vs vexée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbe is \vɛʁb\ while vexée is \vɛk.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbe is recorded at frequency rank #6,146, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁb\. vexée is at rank #40,075, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɛk.se\.
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 46221, this pair ranks #196,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verbe vs vexée
Shared letters: ev. Private to "verbe": br. Private to "vexée": xé.
"verbe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "vexée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbe ← evrbe · vebre · verbbe · vereb · verrbe · vrebe · vverbe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verbe" for "vexée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "verbe" or "vexée" show up more?
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 "verbe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vexée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbe" and "vexée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vevey vs vexée". 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 #196,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.