Which to use
“exposée” and “exposées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,655
- “exposée” frequency rank
- #9,481
- “exposées” frequency rank
- 19136
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exposée | exposées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de exposé. | Féminin pluriel de exposé. |
Same sound, different letters: exposée vs exposées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. exposée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against exposées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exposée vs exposées
This is the hard kind. exposée and exposées are pronounced identically (\ɛk.spɔ.ze\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exposée” sits inside “exposées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exposée is recorded at frequency rank #9,655, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.spɔ.ze\. 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 19136, this pair ranks #374,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exposée vs exposées
Shared letters: eopsxé. Private to "exposée": -. Private to "exposées": -.
"exposée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "exposées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exposée" for "exposées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exposée" or "exposées" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exposée" 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 #374,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exposée" and "exposées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exposée vs exposez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #374,790 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.