Which to use
“exprime” and “exprimée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,075
- “exprime” frequency rank
- #13,168
- “exprimée” frequency rank
- 17243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exprime | exprimée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exprimer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de exprimer. |
Where the eye mixes exprime and exprimée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses exprime with exprimée
A purely visual mix-up. exprime (\ɛk.spʁim\) and exprimée (\ɛk.spʁi.me\) 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 17243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exprime is recorded at frequency rank #4,075, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spʁim\. exprimée is at rank #13,168, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spʁi.me\.
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 17243, this pair ranks #384,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exprime vs exprimée
Shared letters: eimprx. Private to "exprime": -. Private to "exprimée": é.
"exprime" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "exprimée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exprime ← epxrime · expirme · expprime · expriem · exprimme · exprmie · exprrime · exrpime
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exprime" and "exprimée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exprime" or "exprimée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "exprime" and "exprimée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exprime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exprimée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exprime" and "exprimée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exprimée vs exprimera". 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 #384,122 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.