Which to use
“exportés” is a verb and “exposées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,814
- “exportés” frequency rank
- #9,481
- “exposées” frequency rank
- 42295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exportés | exposées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de exporter. | Féminin pluriel de exposé. |
Where the eye mixes exportés and exposées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exportés (VCCVCCVC) and exposées (VCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: exportés vs exposées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exportés is \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\ while exposées is \ɛk.spɔ.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exportés is recorded at frequency rank #32,814, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. 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 42295, this pair ranks #226,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exportés vs exposées
Shared letters: eopsxé. Private to "exportés": rt. Private to "exposées": -.
"exportés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "exposées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exportés" and "exposées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exportés" or "exposées"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "exportés" and "exposées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exportés" 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 #226,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exportés" and "exposées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportées vs exportés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #226,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.