exprès

\ɛk.spʁɛs\

/\ɛk.spʁɛs\/ adj

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The verdict

“exprès” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,345. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,345
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative.

Corpus desk

Index FR-expres · exprès · French

exprès · rank #5,345 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,345
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exemplaire

Nearest frequency peer: exemplaire (-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 « exprès »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exprès » 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).

exprès vs extras
67% similar
exprès vs express
71% similar
exprès vs expresse
63% similar

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

Key facts for exprès
PropertyValue
Headwordexprès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛk.spʁɛs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,345
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exprès »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exprèsse 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 « exemplaire » (#5,344), « fameuse » (#5,346), « esclavage » (#5,343). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exprès » est au #5,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around exprès (IPA \ɛk.spʁɛs\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,345 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for exprès, with forms such as "epxrès", "expprès", and "exprrès". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "extras", "express", "expresse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is exprès, spelled E-X-P-R-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce soin ne peut être réalisé qu’avec le consentement exprès du patient.
  2. Monsieur, il s’agit de réformes dans l’état, et nullement de révolutions ; il s'agit d’améliorer, et non d’innover en quoi que ce soit : c’est la teneur expresse de nos cahiers.

Antonyms

tacite

This word in other languages

special(English)expreso(Español)ausdrücklich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxrès
  • expprès
  • exprrès
  • exprsè
  • exprèss
  • expèrs
  • exrpès
  • exxprès
  • xeprès

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epxrès2expprès1exprrès1exprsè2exprèss1expèrs2exrpès2exxprès1
Edit distance from "exprès"

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 "exprès"?
"exprès" is spelled E-X-P-R-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.spʁɛs\.
What does "exprès" mean?
As an adjective, "exprès" means: Qui est énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative.
What words are commonly confused with "exprès"?
"exprès" is commonly confused with "extras", "express", "expresse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exprès"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exprès" is \ɛk.spʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exprès" come from?
"exprès" 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 "exprès", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Hélène#5,350maires#5,362maxime#5,366Carlos#5,323

Similar misspelling depth

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

fameuse9 variantsinconnue9 variantsmusées9 variantsbrevet9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list