explore

\ɛk.splɔʁ\

/\ɛk.splɔʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“explore” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,471
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de explorer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-explore · explore · French

explore · rank #14,471 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,471
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH existante

Nearest frequency peer: existante (-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 « explore »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « explore » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

explore vs exposé
57% similar
explore vs export
71% similar
explore vs explose
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for explore
PropertyValue
Headwordexplore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛk.splɔʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,471
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « explore »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.explorese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « existante » (#14,470), « explosions » (#14,472), « exclue » (#14,469). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « explore » est au #14,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around explore (IPA \ɛk.splɔʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,471 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for explore, with forms such as "epxlore", "exlpore", and "expllore". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "exposé", "export", "explose", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 explore, spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de explorer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de explorer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de explorer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de explorer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de explorer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how explore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Comme lors de la saison 1, Starstruck explore les maladresses et l’incertitude liées à une relation débutante avec sensibilité, et notre capacité à s’autosaboter, surtout quand un ex — toxique — réapparaît.
  2. Ce fascinant univers s’explore au travers d’un parcours ludo-pédagogique conçu pour les enfants.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxlore
  • exlpore
  • expllore
  • exploer
  • explroe
  • expolre
  • expplore
  • exxplore
  • xeplore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of explore - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epxlore2exlpore2expllore1exploer2explroe2expolre2expplore1exxplore1
Edit distance from "explore"

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 "explore"?
"explore" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.splɔʁ\.
What does "explore" mean?
As a verb, "explore" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de explorer.
What words are commonly confused with "explore"?
"explore" is commonly confused with "exposé", "export", "explose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "explore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "explore" is \ɛk.splɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "explore" come from?
"explore" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "explore", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list