exposes
/ɪksˈpəʊzɪz/
"exposes" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exposes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,704
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of expose
Corpus desk
Index EN-exposes · exposes · English
exposes · rank #16,704 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,704
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH extraordinari…
Nearest frequency peer: extraordinarily (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “exposes”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- encrypted
encrypted
83,300 corpus weight
- Englishman
Englishman
83,299 corpus weight
- exposes
exposes
83,297 corpus weight
- extraordina…
extraordinarily
83,296 corpus weight
- facade
facade
83,295 corpus weight
- farmhouse
farmhouse
83,294 corpus weight
What this shows “exposes” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exposes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪksˈpəʊzɪz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “exposes”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around exposes (IPA /ɪksˈpəʊzɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,704 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of expose".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for exposes, with forms such as "epxoses", "exopses", and "expoess". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exposé", "exposed", "expenses", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is exposes, spelled E-X-P-O-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of expose
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxoses
- exopses
- expoess
- exposess
- exposse
- exposses
- expposes
- expsoes
- exxposes
- xeposes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exposes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).