exposition

\ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“exposition” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,521
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mise en vue d’une chose ou état de la chose ainsi exposée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exposition · exposition · French

exposition · rank #1,521 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,521
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entier

Nearest frequency peer: entier (-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 « exposition »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exposition » 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).

exposition vs expositions
91% similar
exposition vs expédition
80% similar

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

Key facts for exposition
PropertyValue
Headwordexposition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,521
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exposition »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).expositionse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « entier » (#1,520), « détails » (#1,519), « distance » (#1,518). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exposition » est au #1,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around exposition (IPA \ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,521 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Mise en vue d’une chose ou état de la chose ainsi exposée.
  2. 2
    Le fait de mettre nettement en évidence.
  3. 3
    Explication ; interprétation.
  4. 4
    Partie d'introduction d'une œuvre.
  5. 5
    Placement ou situation, par rapport au soleil, à la lumière, aux radiations, au passage des chalands, etc.
  6. 6
    Abandon des enfants par les parents qui ne peuvent ou ne veulent pas les nourrir.
  7. 7
    Peine qui consistait à exposer le condamné aux regards et aux quolibets, sur la place publique.
  8. 8
    Dans une fugue, section qui présente le thème musical qui est ensuite repris par les différentes voix.
  9. 9
    Contact d’un organisme vivant avec un agent chimique, biologique ou physique susceptible d'altérer son fonctionnement, généralement par voie cutanée, respiratoire ou digestive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Exposition de peinture, d’automobiles. — L’exposition des produits de l’industrie française.
  2. C'est pour cela que les catalogues illustrés sur les expositions ont toujours été des entreprises sans lendemain, malgré la perfection des gravures.

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.

epxosition2exopsition2expoistion2exposiiton2expositino2expositionn1expositoin2exposittion1
Edit distance from "exposition"

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 "exposition"?
"exposition" is spelled E-X-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "exposition" mean?
As a noun, "exposition" means: Mise en vue d’une chose ou état de la chose ainsi exposée.
What words are commonly confused with "exposition"?
"exposition" is commonly confused with "expositions", "expédition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exposition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exposition" is \ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exposition" come from?
"exposition" 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 "exposition", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list