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“exposera” and “exposez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,515
“exposera” frequency rank
#49,076
“exposez” frequency rank
97591
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exposera exposez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de exposer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exposer.

Where the eye mixes exposera and exposez

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

8 ch
exposera
7 ch
exposez

Why the eye confuses exposera with exposez

A purely visual mix-up. exposera (\ɛk.spɔ.zə.ʁa\) and exposez (\ɛk.spɔ.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exposera is recorded at frequency rank #48,515, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔ.zə.ʁa\. 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 97591, this pair ranks #308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exposera vs exposez

Shared letters: eopsx. Private to "exposera": ar. Private to "exposez": z.

"exposera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "exposez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exposera ← epxosera · exopsera · expoesra · exposear · exposerra · exposrea · expossera · expposera
  • exposez ← epxosez · exopsez · expoesz · exposezz · expossez · exposze · expposez · expsoez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exposera" and "exposez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛk.spɔ.zə.ʁa\ versus \ɛk.spɔ.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "exposera" or "exposez" show up more?
"exposera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,515 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exposera" 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 #308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exposera" and "exposez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "épousera vs exposera". 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 #308 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