exposéesvsexposezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#9,481
“exposées” frequency rank
#49,076
“exposez” frequency rank
58557
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exposées exposez
Definition Féminin pluriel de exposé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exposer.

Same sound, different letters: exposées vs exposez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. exposées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against exposez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
exposées
7 ch
exposez

Ear matches; page differs - exposées and exposez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: exposées and exposez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛk.spɔ.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exposées is recorded at frequency rank #9,481, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.spɔ.ze\. exposez is at rank #49,076, tagged as averb, 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 58557, this pair ranks #108,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exposées vs exposez

Shared letters: eopsx. Private to "exposées": é. Private to "exposez": z.

"exposées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "exposez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exposez ← epxosez · exopsez · expoesz · exposezz · expossez · exposze · expposez · expsoez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exposées" and "exposez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exposées" is an adjective and "exposez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "exposées" or "exposez" show up more?
"exposées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,481 in our French list, against #49,076 for "exposez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "exposées" / "exposez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exposées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exposez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exposées" and "exposez" 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 #108,365 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