exploréesvsexposéesTell them apart

Quick tell: explorées is a verb, exposées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#45,031
“explorées” frequency rank
#9,481
“exposées” frequency rank
54512
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature explorées exposées
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de explorer. Féminin pluriel de exposé.

Where the eye mixes explorées and exposées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. explorées runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVC) against exposées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
explorées
8 ch
exposées

Look-alike desk: explorées vs exposées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: explorées is \ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\ while exposées is \ɛk.spɔ.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54512, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

explorées is recorded at frequency rank #45,031, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\. exposées is at rank #9,481, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.spɔ.ze\.

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 54512, this pair ranks #133,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of explorées vs exposées

Shared letters: eopsxé. Private to "explorées": lr. Private to "exposées": -.

"explorées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC  ·  "exposées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "explorées" and "exposées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "explorées" is a verb and "exposées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "explorées" or "exposées" show up more?
"exposées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,481 in our French list, against #45,031 for "explorées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "explorées" and "exposées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "explorées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exposées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #133,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "explorées" and "exposées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explorées vs exportées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #133,504 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