Which to use
“exprime” and “exprimer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,075
- “exprime” frequency rank
- #2,423
- “exprimer” frequency rank
- 6498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exprime | exprimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exprimer. | Faire sortir le suc, le jus d’une herbe, d’un fruit, etc., en les pressant. |
Where the eye mixes exprime and exprimer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exprime vs exprimer
A purely visual mix-up. exprime (\ɛk.spʁim\) and exprimer (\ɛks.pʁi.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 extra letter(s) - “exprime” sits inside “exprimer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6498, 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\. exprimer is at rank #2,423, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛks.pʁi.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 6498, this pair ranks #426,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exprime vs exprimer
Shared letters: eimprx. Private to "exprime": -. Private to "exprimer": -.
"exprime" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "exprimer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exprime" for "exprimer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exprime" or "exprimer"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exprime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exprimer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exprime" and "exprimer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éprise vs exprime". 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 #426,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.