extériorise

\ɛk.ste.ʁjɔ.ʁiz\

/\ɛk.ste.ʁjɔ.ʁiz\/ verb

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The verdict

“extériorise” is uncommon French (frequency #99,077 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,077
frequency rank, French
201,161
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de extérioriser.

Key facts for extériorise
PropertyValue
Headwordextériorise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛk.ste.ʁjɔ.ʁiz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#99,077
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “extériorise” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). extériorise lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

extériorise is uncommon French at frequency #99,077 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛk.ste.ʁjɔ.ʁiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for extériorise in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 extériorise, spelled E-X-T-É-R-I-O-R-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de extérioriser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de extérioriser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de extérioriser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de extérioriser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de extérioriser.

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 "extériorise"?
"extériorise" is spelled E-X-T-É-R-I-O-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.ste.ʁjɔ.ʁiz\.
What does "extériorise" mean?
As a verb, "extériorise" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de extérioriser.
How do you pronounce "extériorise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extériorise" is \ɛk.ste.ʁjɔ.ʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "extériorise" come from?
"extériorise" 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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Using “extériorise”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-X-T-É-R-I-O-R-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɛk.ste.ʁjɔ.ʁiz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list