expression

\ɛk.spʁɛ.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛk.spʁɛ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“expression” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,260
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Communication des idées ou des sentiments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-expression · expression · French

expression · rank #1,260 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,260
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envers

Nearest frequency peer: envers (-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 « expression »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « expression » 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).

expression vs expresso
80% similar
expression vs expressive
80% similar
expression vs expressions
91% similar

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

Key facts for expression
PropertyValue
Headwordexpression
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.spʁɛ.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,260
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « expression »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).expressionse 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 « envers » (#1,259), « facilement » (#1,261), « effets » (#1,258). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « expression » est au #1,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around expression (IPA \ɛk.spʁɛ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,260 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for expression, with forms such as "epxression", "experssion", and "exppression". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "expresso", "expressive", "expressions", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is expression, spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Communication des idées ou des sentiments.
  2. 2
    Le fait de s’exprimer par le langage.
  3. 3
    Ce qui est dit ou peut être dit par le langage.
  4. 4
    Manière de dire.
  5. 5
    Tournure de phrase, locution.
  6. 6
    La manière, le style utilisés par l’artiste.
  7. 7
    Manière de présenter ses idées ou ses sentiments par l’attitude du corps, la mimique du visage.
  8. 8
    Aptitude à exprimer par divers moyens ses idées ou ses sentiments.
  9. 9
    Manifestation ; manière dont quelqu’un ou quelque chose se manifeste.
  10. 10
    Extraction par pression du suc, du jus d’une herbe, d’un fruit, etc.
  11. 11
    Forme par laquelle on représente une valeur, un système.
  12. 12
    Traduction d’un gène en protéines.
  13. 13
    Action de représenter ou de traduire par des données diverses, de manière analogique, une réalité d’un autre ordre, éloignée ou cachée.
  14. 14
    Manière dont l’artiste ou l’écrivain manifeste dans son œuvre certains contenus psychologiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La libre expression des idées est un droit fondamental.
  2. Prendre de l'eau jusqu'au coup

Synonyms

locution

This word in other languages

idiom(English)expresión(Español)Ausdruck(Deutsch)expressão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxression
  • experssion
  • exppression
  • expresion
  • expresison
  • expressino
  • expressionn
  • expressoin
  • exprression
  • exprsesion
  • exrpession
  • exxpression
  • xepression

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epxression2experssion2exppression1expresion1expresison2expressino2expressionn1expressoin2
Edit distance from "expression"

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 "expression"?
"expression" is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.spʁɛ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "expression" mean?
As a noun, "expression" means: Communication des idées ou des sentiments.
What words are commonly confused with "expression"?
"expression" is commonly confused with "expresso", "expressive", "expressions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "expression"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expression" is \ɛk.spʁɛ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expression" come from?
"expression" 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 "expression", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

facilement#1,261totalement#1,242Angleterre#1,220uniquement#1,304

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

évidemment13 variantsévolution13 variantslendemain13 variantsétranger13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list