Which to use
“exprimées” and “exprimer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,706
- “exprimées” frequency rank
- #2,423
- “exprimer” frequency rank
- 20129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exprimées | exprimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exprimer. | Faire sortir le suc, le jus d’une herbe, d’un fruit, etc., en les pressant. |
Same sound, different letters: exprimées vs exprimer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - exprimées / exprimer
This is the hard kind. exprimées and exprimer are pronounced identically (\ɛk.spʁi.me\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exprimées is recorded at frequency rank #17,706, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spʁi.me\. 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 20129, this pair ranks #369,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exprimées vs exprimer
Shared letters: eimprx. Private to "exprimées": sé. Private to "exprimer": -.
"exprimées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "exprimer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exprimer ← epxrimer · expirmer · expprimer · expriemr · exprimerr · exprimmer · exprimre · exprmier
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exprimées" and "exprimer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "exprimées" or "exprimer" show up more?
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 "exprimées" 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 #369,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exprimées" and "exprimer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exprimées 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 #369,813 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.