exportésvsexprèsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#32,814
“exportés” frequency rank
#5,345
“exprès” frequency rank
38159
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exportés exprès
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de exporter. Qui est énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative.

Where the eye mixes exportés and exprès

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

8 ch
exportés
6 ch
exprès

Visual trap between exportés and exprès

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exportés is \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\ while exprès is \ɛk.spʁɛs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 38159, 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\. exprès is at rank #5,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.spʁɛs\.

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 38159, this pair ranks #257,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exportés vs exprès

Shared letters: eprsx. Private to "exportés": oté. Private to "exprès": è.

"exportés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "exprès" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exportés" and "exprès" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exportés" is a verb and "exprès" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "exportés" or "exprès" show up more?
"exprès" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,345 in our French list, against #32,814 for "exportés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exportés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exprès" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exportés" and "exprès" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportées vs exportés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #257,239 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