Which to use
“exprime” and “expriment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,075
- “exprime” frequency rank
- #10,001
- “expriment” frequency rank
- 14076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exprime | expriment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exprimer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exprimer. |
Same sound, different letters: exprime vs expriment
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - exprime and expriment
This is the hard kind. exprime and expriment are pronounced identically (\ɛk.spʁim\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “exprime” sits inside “expriment”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14076, 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\. expriment is at rank #10,001, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spʁim\.
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 14076, this pair ranks #398,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exprime vs expriment
Shared letters: eimprx. Private to "exprime": -. Private to "expriment": nt.
"exprime" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "expriment" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exprime" for "expriment" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exprime" or "expriment"?
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 "exprime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expriment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exprime" and "expriment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exprimaient vs expriment". 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 #398,304 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.