expliques

/\ɛks.plik\/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,441

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

expliques is aFrenchverb. It means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe expliquer. Pronounced \ɛks.plik\. Often confused with expliquez and épiques.

Key facts for expliques
PropertyValue
Headwordexpliques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛks.plik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,441
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of expliques in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for expliques is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛks.plik\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,441 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for expliques, with forms such as "epxliques", "exlpiques", and "expilques". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "expliquez", "épiques", "explique", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is expliques, spelled E-X-P-L-I-Q-U-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe expliquer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe expliquer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxliques,exlpiques,expilques,expliqeus,expliqques,expliquess,expliquse,expliuqes,explliques,explqiues,exppliques,exxpliques,xepliques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for expliques

Misspelling Variants of "expliques"

epxliques9exlpiques9expilques9expliqeus9expliqques10expliquess10expliquse9expliuqes9
Misspelling Variants of "expliques"

Frequency rank: #20,441 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "expliques"?
"expliques" is spelled E-X-P-L-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.plik\.
What does "expliques" mean?
As a verb, "expliques" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe expliquer.
What words are commonly confused with "expliques"?
"expliques" is commonly confused with "expliquez", "épiques", "explique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "expliques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expliques" is \ɛks.plik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expliques" come from?
"expliques" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.