Which to use
“expire” is a verb and “export” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,121
- “expire” frequency rank
- #4,758
- “export” frequency rank
- 18879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expire | export |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To die. | Of or relating to exportation or exports. |
Letter map: expire vs export
Shared letters muted; letters that set expire and export apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for expire / export
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: expire is averb and exportanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expire is recorded at frequency rank #14,121, classified as averb, pronounced /ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/. export is at rank #4,758, tagged as anadj.
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 18879, this pair ranks #441,983 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of expire vs export
Shared letters: eprx. Private to "expire": i. Private to "export": ot.
"expire" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "export" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "expire" and "export" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "expire" vs "export" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "expire" and "export".
- Full dictionary entry for "expire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "export" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #441,983 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expire" and "export" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expire vs exposé". 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 #441,983 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.