exposer

/\ɛks.po.ze\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,954

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

exposer is aFrenchverb. It means: Disposer de manière à mettre en vue. Pronounced \ɛks.po.ze\. It ranks #6,954 in French word frequency. Often confused with exposez and expulser.

Key facts for exposer
PropertyValue
Headwordexposer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛks.po.ze\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,954
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of exposer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exposer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛks.po.ze\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,954 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for exposer, with forms such as "epxoser", "exopser", and "expoesr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "exposez", "expulser", "exposera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is exposer, spelled E-X-P-O-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disposer de manière à mettre en vue.
  2. 2
    Pilorier
  3. 3
    Faire figurer ses œuvres dans une des expositions publiques où l’on est admis sur l’avis et le choix d’un jury, en parlant de d’artistes et de peintures ou de sculptures.
  4. 4
    Présenter à l’adoration, à la vénération, des fidèles.
  5. 5
    Mettre à la vue du public ce que l’on veut vendre.
  6. 6
    Expliquer ; faire connaître.
  7. 7
    Placer ou tourner d’un certain côté.
  8. 8
    Hasarder, mettre en péril.
  9. 9
    Être en situation de danger ou de péril.
  10. 10
    Dans la musique de jazz, jouer un thème sans improviser.
  11. 11
    Abandonner clandestinement un enfant nouveau-né.
  12. 12
    Se mettre en péril, en détresse.
  13. 13
    Se mettre en danger, courir des risques.
  14. 14
    Développer un thème, un sujet.
  15. 15
    Dévoiler les fautes d’une personne (morale ou physique) à un large public ; dénoncer, épingler.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxoser,exopser,expoesr,exposerr,exposre,exposser,expposer,expsoer,exxposer,xeposer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exposer

Misspelling Variants of "exposer"

epxoser7exopser7expoesr7exposerr8exposre7exposser8expposer8expsoer7
Misspelling Variants of "exposer"

Frequency rank: #6,954 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exposer"?
"exposer" is spelled E-X-P-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.po.ze\.
What does "exposer" mean?
As a verb, "exposer" means: Disposer de manière à mettre en vue.
What words are commonly confused with "exposer"?
"exposer" is commonly confused with "exposez", "expulser", "exposera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exposer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exposer" is \ɛks.po.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exposer" come from?
"exposer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.