exprimervsexprimezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,423
“exprimer” frequency rank
#42,868
“exprimez” frequency rank
45291
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exprimer exprimez
Definition Faire sortir le suc, le jus d’une herbe, d’un fruit, etc., en les pressant. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exprimer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set exprimer and exprimez apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
exprimer
8 ch
exprimez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. exprimer and exprimez are pronounced identically (\ɛks.pʁi.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 a single letter - r in “exprimer” becomes z in “exprimez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exprimer is recorded at frequency rank #2,423, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛks.pʁi.me\. exprimez is at rank #42,868, 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 45291, this pair ranks #203,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exprimer vs exprimez

Shared letters: eimprx. Private to "exprimer": -. Private to "exprimez": z.

"exprimer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "exprimez" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exprimerepxrimer · expirmer · expprimer · expriemr · exprimerr · exprimmer · exprimre · exprmier
  • exprimezepxrimez · expirmez · expprimez · expriemz · exprimezz · exprimmez · exprimze · exprmiez

Frequency comparison

exprimer#2,423
exprimez#42,868

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exprimer" and "exprimez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛks.pʁi.me\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "exprimer" or "exprimez"?
"exprimer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,423 in our French list, against #42,868 for "exprimez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering exprimer vs exprimez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “exprimer” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list