expire

\ɛk.spiʁ\

/\ɛk.spiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“expire” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,207. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,207
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-expire · expire · French

expire · rank #23,207 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,207
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exigée

Nearest frequency peer: exigée (-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 « expire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « expire » 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).

expire vs exposé
50% similar
expire vs exprès
50% similar
expire vs export
67% similar

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

Key facts for expire
PropertyValue
Headwordexpire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛk.spiʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,207
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « expire »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exigée » (#23,206), « expliquera » (#23,208), « exercées » (#23,205). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « expire » est au #23,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around expire (IPA \ɛk.spiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,207 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for expire, with forms such as "epxire", "exipre", and "expirre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "exposé", "exprès", "export", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is expire, spelled E-X-P-I-R-E.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle possède au plus haut degré cette science de l’existence qui bonifie les moindres parcelles de la matérialité, qui fait que votre pantoufle est la plus exquise pantoufle du monde, qui donne à votre linge une saveur indicible, qui double de cèdre et parfume les commodes ; qui verse à l’heure dite un thé suave, savamment déplié, qui bannit la poussière,…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxire
  • exipre
  • expirre
  • exppire
  • exprie
  • exxpire
  • xepire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epxire2exipre2expirre1exppire1exprie2exxpire1xepire2
Edit distance from "expire"

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 "expire"?
"expire" is spelled E-X-P-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.spiʁ\.
What does "expire" mean?
As a verb, "expire" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de expirer.
What words are commonly confused with "expire"?
"expire" is commonly confused with "exposé", "exprès", "export". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "expire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expire" is \ɛk.spiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expire" come from?
"expire" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

exigée#23,206fiston#23,212ennuyé#23,197fougue#23,218

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

faith7 variantsevery7 variantsEHPAD7 variantseagles7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list