ExpertevsExporteWhich spelling fits?

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“Experte” and “Exporte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,269
“Experte” frequency rank
#20,910
“Exporte” frequency rank
25179
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Experte Exporte
Definition Person, die in einem bestimmten Gebiet beziehungsweise in einem Fach sehr bewandert ist Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Export

Where the eye mixes Experte and Exporte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Experte
7 ch
Exporte

Look-alike desk: Experte vs Exporte

A purely visual mix-up. Experte ([ɛksˈpɛʁtə]) and Exporte ([ɛksˈpɔʁtə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “Experte” becomes o in “Exporte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Experte is recorded at frequency rank #4,269, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɛksˈpɛʁtə]. Exporte is at rank #20,910, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɛksˈpɔʁtə].

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 25179, this pair ranks #1,837,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Experte vs Exporte

Shared letters: eprtx. Private to "Experte": -. Private to "Exporte": o.

"Experte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "Exporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Experteepxerte · exeprte · experet · experrte · expertte · expetre · expperte · exprete
  • Exporteepxorte · exoprte · exporet · exporrte · exportte · expotre · expporte · exprote

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Experte" for "Exporte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɛksˈpɛʁtə] versus [ɛksˈpɔʁtə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Experte" or "Exporte" show up more?
"Experte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,269 in our German list, against #20,910 for "Exporte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Experte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Exporte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,837,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Experte" and "Exporte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empörten vs Exporte". 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 #1,837,052 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list