exhibe

\ɛɡ.zib\

/\ɛɡ.zib\/ verb

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The verdict

“exhibe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,326. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,326
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhiber.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exhibe · exhibe · French

exhibe · rank #37,326 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,326
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exclusions

Nearest frequency peer: exclusions (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « exhibe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « exhibe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exhibe vs exige
67% similar
exhibe vs exilé
50% similar
exhibe vs expire
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exhibe
PropertyValue
Headwordexhibe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛɡ.zib\
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,326
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exhibe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.exhibese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exclusions » (#37,325), « exploitable » (#37,327), « expédiée » (#37,328). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exhibe » est au #37,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around exhibe (IPA \ɛɡ.zib\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,326 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for exhibe, with forms such as "ehxibe", "exhbie", and "exhhibe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "exige", "exilé", "expire", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is exhibe, spelled E-X-H-I-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhiber.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhiber.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exhiber.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exhiber.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de exhiber.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exhibe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avec ça, je m’exhibe dans les boîtes de nuit et les grands restaurants la plus superbe poule qui se puisse rêver, ma dactylo, Suzanne, une enfant de dix-huit ans, fraîche, brune, émoustillante en diable, avec des yeux spirituels, dans une frimousse d’ingénue.
  2. Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’il convient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là… »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehxibe
  • exhbie
  • exhhibe
  • exhibbe
  • exhieb
  • exihbe
  • exxhibe
  • xehibe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exhibe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ehxibe2exhbie2exhhibe1exhibbe1exhieb2exihbe2exxhibe1xehibe2
Edit distance from "exhibe"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exhibe"?
"exhibe" is spelled E-X-H-I-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zib\.
What does "exhibe" mean?
As a verb, "exhibe" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhiber.
What words are commonly confused with "exhibe"?
"exhibe" is commonly confused with "exige", "exilé", "expire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exhibe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exhibe" is \ɛɡ.zib\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exhibe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exhibe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fellow#37,331ficelé#37,332harkis#37,358hybrid#37,369

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

hicks8 variantsdiluée8 variantscuiller8 variantsirriter8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list