exposition
\ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“exposition” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,521 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,521
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mise en vue d’une chose ou état de la chose ainsi exposée.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exposition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exposition” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for exposition is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,521 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for exposition, with forms such as "epxosition", "exopsition", and "expoistion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "expositions", "expédition", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is exposition, spelled E-X-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Mise en vue d’une chose ou état de la chose ainsi exposée.
- 2Le fait de mettre nettement en évidence.
- 3Explication ; interprétation.
- 4Partie d'introduction d'une œuvre.
- 5Placement ou situation, par rapport au soleil, à la lumière, aux radiations, au passage des chalands, etc.
- 6Abandon des enfants par les parents qui ne peuvent ou ne veulent pas les nourrir.
- 7Peine qui consistait à exposer le condamné aux regards et aux quolibets, sur la place publique.
- 8Dans une fugue, section qui présente le thème musical qui est ensuite repris par les différentes voix.
- 9Contact d’un organisme vivant avec un agent chimique, biologique ou physique susceptible d'altérer son fonctionnement, généralement par voie cutanée, respiratoire ou digestive.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epxosition,exopsition,expoistion,exposiiton,expositino,expositionn,expositoin,exposittion,expossition,expostiion,expposition,expsoition,exxposition,xeposition
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exposition - 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.
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.
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Using “exposition”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-X-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “expositions” - see the side-by-side comparison. exposition vs expositions
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.