Which to use
“exhiber” and “expirer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,547
- “exhiber” frequency rank
- #40,261
- “expirer” frequency rank
- 68808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exhiber | expirer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Produire des pièces en justice. | Rendre le dernier soupir. |
Where the eye mixes exhiber and expirer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between exhiber and expirer
A purely visual mix-up. exhiber (\ɛɡ.zi.be\) and expirer (\ɛks.pi.ʁe\) 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 68808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exhiber is recorded at frequency rank #28,547, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.be\. expirer is at rank #40,261, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛks.pi.ʁe\.
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 68808, this pair ranks #57,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exhiber vs expirer
Shared letters: eirx. Private to "exhiber": bh. Private to "expirer": p.
"exhiber" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "expirer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exhiber" and "expirer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "exhiber" or "expirer" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "exhiber" and "expirer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exhiber" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expirer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exhiber" and "expirer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "épier vs expirer". 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 #57,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.