# espérer vs expirer

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### espérer
*verb · IPA \ɛs.pe.ʁe\ · frequency rank #3,254*
Attendre.

### expirer
*verb · IPA \ɛks.pi.ʁe\ · frequency rank #40,261*
Rendre le dernier soupir.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/esperer-vs-expirer