exposé

\ɛk.spo.ze\

/\ɛk.spo.ze\/ adj

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The verdict

“exposé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,488
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a été exposé, dans un musée, par exemple.

Corpus desk

Index FR-expose · exposé · French

exposé · rank #4,488 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,488
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH existait

Nearest frequency peer: existait (-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 « exposé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exposé » 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).

exposé vs extase
50% similar
exposé vs exposer
71% similar
exposé vs exposée
86% similar

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

Key facts for exposé
PropertyValue
Headwordexposé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛk.spo.ze\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,488
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exposé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exposése 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 « existait » (#4,487), « fesses » (#4,489), « genres » (#4,490). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exposé » est au #4,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around exposé (IPA \ɛk.spo.ze\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,488 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for exposé, with forms such as "epxosé", "exopsé", and "expose". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "extase", "exposer", "exposée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is exposé, spelled E-X-P-O-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a été exposé, dans un musée, par exemple.
  2. 2
    Qui est susceptible d’être en danger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ils arrivent actuellement au terme de la protection humorale dont ils bénéficiaient après leur 1^(ère) dose de rappel et sont donc très exposés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxosé
  • exopsé
  • expose
  • expossé
  • expoés
  • expposé
  • expsoé
  • exxposé
  • xeposé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epxosé2exopsé2expose1expossé1expoés2expposé1expsoé2exxposé1
Edit distance from "exposé"

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 "exposé"?
"exposé" is spelled E-X-P-O-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.spo.ze\.
What does "exposé" mean?
As an adjective, "exposé" means: Qui a été exposé, dans un musée, par exemple.
What words are commonly confused with "exposé"?
"exposé" is commonly confused with "extase", "exposer", "exposée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exposé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exposé" is \ɛk.spo.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exposé" come from?
"exposé" 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 "exposé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

fesses#4,489genres#4,490gâteau#4,494danser#4,481

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

optique9 variantsachats9 variantsvoisine9 variantsrendus9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list