Which to use
“exporting” is a verb and “exposing” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,466
- “exporting” frequency rank
- #9,890
- “exposing” frequency rank
- 26356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exporting | exposing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of export | Leading to increased exposure. |
Letter map: exporting vs exposing
Shared letters muted; letters that set exporting and exposing apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Part-of-speech tell for exporting / exposing
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: exporting is averb and exposinganadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exporting is recorded at frequency rank #16,466, classified as averb, pronounced /ɪksˈpɔɹtɪŋ/. exposing is at rank #9,890, 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 26356, this pair ranks #387,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exporting vs exposing
Shared letters: eginopx. Private to "exporting": rt. Private to "exposing": s.
"exporting" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "exposing" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exporting" and "exposing" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "exporting" vs "exposing" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "exporting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exposing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exporting" and "exposing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excusing vs exposing". 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 #387,301 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.