expertsvsexporteTell them apart

Quick tell: experts is a adjective, exporte is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“experts” is an adjective and “exporte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,715
“experts” frequency rank
#21,009
“exporte” frequency rank
23724
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature experts exporte
Definition Masculin pluriel de expert. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exporter.

Where the eye mixes experts and exporte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
experts
7 ch
exporte

Why the eye confuses experts with exporte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: experts is \ɛk.spɛʁ\ while exporte is \ɛk.spɔʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

experts is recorded at frequency rank #2,715, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.spɛʁ\. exporte is at rank #21,009, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁt\.

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 23724, this pair ranks #350,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of experts vs exporte

Shared letters: eprtx. Private to "experts": s. Private to "exporte": o.

"experts" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC  ·  "exporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • expertsepxerts · exeprts · experrts · experst · expertss · expertts · expetrs · expperts
  • exporteepxorte · exoprte · exporet · exporrte · exportte · expotre · expporte · exprote

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "experts" and "exporte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "experts" is an adjective and "exporte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "experts" or "exporte"?
"experts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,715 in our French list, against #21,009 for "exporte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "experts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exporte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #350,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "experts" and "exporte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exporte vs exportées". 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 #350,831 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list