Which to use
“export” is an adjective and “exposé” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,758
- “export” frequency rank
- #42,126
- “exposé” frequency rank
- 46884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | export | exposé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of or relating to exportation or exports. | The act of exposing somebody or something; a shameful showing up. |
Letter map: export vs exposé
Shared letters muted; letters that set export and exposé apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - export and exposé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: export is anadjective and exposéanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
export is recorded at frequency rank #4,758, classified as anadj. exposé is at rank #42,126, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˌɛkspoʊˈzeɪ/.
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 46884, this pair ranks #207,548 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of export vs exposé
Shared letters: eopx. Private to "export": rt. Private to "exposé": sé.
"export" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "exposé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- export ← epxort · exoprt · exporrt · exportt · expotr · expport · exprot · exxport
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "export" and "exposé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "export" or "exposé"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "export" and "exposé".
- Full dictionary entry for "export" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exposé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,548 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "export" and "exposé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "espouse 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 #207,548 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.