exploservsexposeraConfusable pair

Which to use

“exploser” and “exposera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,245
“exploser” frequency rank
#48,515
“exposera” frequency rank
53760
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exploser exposera
Definition Faire explosion. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de exposer.

Where the eye mixes exploser and exposera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. exploser (VCCCVCVC) and exposera (VCCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
exploser
8 ch
exposera

Look-alike desk: exploser vs exposera

A purely visual mix-up. exploser (\ɛk.splo.ze\) and exposera (\ɛk.spɔ.zə.ʁa\) 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 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exploser is recorded at frequency rank #5,245, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splo.ze\. exposera is at rank #48,515, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔ.zə.ʁa\.

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 53760, this pair ranks #138,548 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exploser vs exposera

Shared letters: eoprsx. Private to "exploser": l. Private to "exposera": a.

"exploser" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "exposera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exploser ← epxloser · exlposer · explloser · exploesr · exploserr · explosre · explosser · explsoer
  • exposera ← epxosera · exopsera · expoesra · exposear · exposerra · exposrea · expossera · expposera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exploser" and "exposera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛk.splo.ze\ versus \ɛk.spɔ.zə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exploser" or "exposera"?
"exploser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,245 in our French list, against #48,515 for "exposera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exploser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exposera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #138,548 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exploser" and "exposera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exposera 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 #138,548 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