Which to use
“explication” and “explications” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,921
- “explication” frequency rank
- #4,329
- “explications” frequency rank
- 7250
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explication | explications |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Discours par lequel on cherche à faire comprendre un texte, une idée ou une œuvre en ajoutant des renseignements supplémentaires ou en en exposant les détails ou les motifs. | Pluriel de explication. |
Same sound, different letters: explication vs explications
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - explication and explications
This is the hard kind. explication and explications are pronounced identically (\ɛks.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “explication” sits inside “explications”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
explication is recorded at frequency rank #2,921, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\. explications is at rank #4,329, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\.
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 7250, this pair ranks #423,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of explication vs explications
Shared letters: aceilnoptx. Private to "explication": -. Private to "explications": s.
"explication" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVC · "explications" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- explication ← epxlication · exlpication · expilcation · explciation · expliaction · explicaiton · explicatino · explicationn
- explications ← epxlications · exlpications · expilcations · explciations · expliactions · explicaitons · explicatinos · explicationns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "explication" for "explications" ever safe?
Frequency check: "explication" vs "explications" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "explication" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "explications" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explication" and "explications" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explications vs explicatives". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #423,718 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.