expliquent
\ɛk.splik\
The verdict
“expliquent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,183. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,183
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de expliquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-expliquent · expliquent · French
expliquent · rank #7,183 · 15 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,183
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effectuée
Nearest frequency peer: effectuée (-2 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 « expliquent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- délicat
délicat
92,823 corpus weight
- dévoile
dévoile
92,821 corpus weight
- effectuée
effectuée
92,820 corpus weight
- expliquent
expliquent
92,818 corpus weight
- exportations
exportations
92,816 corpus weight
- extraction
extraction
92,814 corpus weight
What this shows « expliquent » 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 | expliquent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛk.splik\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « expliquent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around expliquent (IPA \ɛk.splik\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,183 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for expliquent, with forms such as "epxliquent", "exlpiquent", and "expilquent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "expliquer", "expliquez", "expliques", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is expliquent, spelled E-X-P-L-I-Q-U-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de expliquer.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de expliquer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how expliquent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Emmanuel Hache et Mikaël Le Mouëllic, directeur associé de BCG, l’expliquent par un manque d’investissement, ces dix dernières années, dans de nouvelles chaînes de production.
Certains mots s’expliquent par dérivation inverse, ce qui « consiste à tirer un mot plus simple d’un mot plus long ».
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxliquent
- exlpiquent
- expilquent
- expliqeunt
- expliqquent
- expliquennt
- expliquentt
- expliquetn
- expliqunet
- expliuqent
- explliquent
- explqiuent
- exppliquent
- exxpliquent
- xepliquent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expliquent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "expliquent"?
What does "expliquent" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "expliquent"?
How do you pronounce "expliquent"?
What language does "expliquent" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "expliquent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).