Which to use
“excès” and “expos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,668
- “excès” frequency rank
- #19,833
- “expos” frequency rank
- 24501
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excès | expos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui est en trop. | Pluriel de expo. |
Where the eye mixes excès and expos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. excès and expos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between excès and expos
A purely visual mix-up. excès (\ɛk.sɛ\) and expos (\ɛks.po\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excès is recorded at frequency rank #4,668, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.sɛ\. expos is at rank #19,833, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.po\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24501, this pair ranks #346,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of excès vs expos
Shared letters: esx. Private to "excès": cè. Private to "expos": op.
"excès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "expos" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expos ← epxos · exops · exposs · exppos · expso · exxpos · xepos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excès" and "expos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "excès" vs "expos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "excès" and "expos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excès" and "expos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expos vs exposez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #346,255 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.