Which to use
“expertise” and “expertises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,132
- “expertise” frequency rank
- #20,715
- “expertises” frequency rank
- 25847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expertise | expertises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Examen, estimation d’un bien faits par un expert. | Pluriel de expertise. |
Same sound, different letters: expertise vs expertises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. expertise runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against expertises's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: expertise vs expertises
This is the hard kind. expertise and expertises are pronounced identically (\ɛk.spɛʁ.tiz\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “expertise” sits inside “expertises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expertise is recorded at frequency rank #5,132, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.spɛʁ.tiz\. expertises is at rank #20,715, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.spɛʁ.tiz\.
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 25847, this pair ranks #338,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of expertise vs expertises
Shared letters: eiprstx. Private to "expertise": -. Private to "expertises": -.
"expertise" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "expertises" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expertise ← epxertise · exeprtise · experitse · experrtise · experties · expertisse · expertsie · experttise
- expertises ← epxertises · exeprtises · experitses · experrtises · expertiess · expertisess · expertisses · expertsies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "expertise" and "expertises" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "expertise" or "expertises"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "expertise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expertises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expertise" and "expertises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expertes vs expertises". 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 #338,528 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.