exposéevsexposeraConfusable pair

Quick tell: exposée is a adjective, exposera is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#9,655
“exposée” frequency rank
#48,515
“exposera” frequency rank
58170
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exposée exposera
Definition Féminin singulier de exposé. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de exposer.

Where the eye mixes exposée and exposera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exposée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against exposera's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
exposée
8 ch
exposera

Look-alike desk: exposée vs exposera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exposée is \ɛk.spɔ.ze\ while exposera is \ɛk.spɔ.zə.ʁa\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58170, 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\. 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 58170, this pair ranks #110,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exposée vs exposera

Shared letters: eopsx. Private to "exposée": é. Private to "exposera": ar.

"exposée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "exposera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exposera ← epxosera · exopsera · expoesra · exposear · exposerra · exposrea · expossera · expposera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exposée" for "exposera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exposée" is an adjective and "exposera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "exposée" or "exposera"?
"exposée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,655 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exposée" 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 #110,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exposée" 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 #110,629 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