explications
\ɛks.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“explications” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,329
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de explication.
Corpus desk
Index FR-explications · explications · French
explications · rank #4,329 · 18 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,329
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH entourage
Nearest frequency peer: entourage (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « explications »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- défenseur
défenseur
95,675 corpus weight
- effectif
effectif
95,674 corpus weight
- entourage
entourage
95,673 corpus weight
- explications
explications
95,672 corpus weight
- expédition
expédition
95,671 corpus weight
- faciliter
faciliter
95,670 corpus weight
What this shows « explications » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explications |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛks.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « explications »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around explications (IPA \ɛks.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,329 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de explication.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for explications, with forms such as "epxlications", "exlpications", and "expilcations". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "explorations", "explicatives", "exploitations", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is explications, spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de explication.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how explications appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aux questions alors posées par le banquier, les explications seront nombreuses : nécessité de sur-stocker pour ne pas avoir de ruptures d’approvisionnement, lancement de nouvelles gammes de produits.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxlications
- exlpications
- expilcations
- explciations
- expliactions
- explicaitons
- explicatinos
- explicationns
- explicationss
- explicatiosn
- explicatoins
- explicattions
- expliccations
- explictaions
- expllications
- expplications
- exxplications
- xeplications
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of explications - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).