expos

\ɛks.po\

/\ɛks.po\/ noun

The verdict

“expos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,833
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de expo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-expos · expos · French

expos · rank #19,833 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,833
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH explosive

Nearest frequency peer: explosive (-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 « expos »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « expos » 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).

expos vs exposé
83% similar
expos vs exprès
67% similar
expos vs exposer
71% similar

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

Key facts for expos
PropertyValue
Headwordexpos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛks.po\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,833
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « expos »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).exposse 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 « explosive » (#19,832), « faillit » (#19,834), « expatriés » (#19,831). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « expos » est au #19,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around expos (IPA \ɛks.po\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,833 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de expo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for expos, with forms such as "epxos", "exops", and "exposs". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "exposé", "exprès", "exposer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is expos, spelled E-X-P-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de expo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce qui pose problème à beaucoup de puristes de l’art contemporain, c’est la volonté directe de certaines expos de se présenter en tant que lieu « instagrammable ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxos
  • exops
  • exposs
  • exppos
  • expso
  • exxpos
  • xepos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

epxos2exops2exposs1exppos1expso2exxpos1xepos2
Edit distance from "expos"

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 "expos"?
"expos" is spelled E-X-P-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.po\.
What does "expos" mean?
As a noun, "expos" means: Pluriel de expo.
What words are commonly confused with "expos"?
"expos" is commonly confused with "exposé", "exprès", "exposer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "expos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expos" is \ɛks.po\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expos" come from?
"expos" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list