Which to use
“expliqua” and “expliquais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,598
- “expliqua” frequency rank
- #42,867
- “expliquais” frequency rank
- 73465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliqua | expliquais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de expliquer. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliqua and expliquais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: expliqua vs expliquais
A purely visual mix-up. expliqua (\ɛk.spli.ka\) and expliquais (\ɛk.spli.kɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “expliqua” sits inside “expliquais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expliqua is recorded at frequency rank #30,598, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spli.ka\. expliquais is at rank #42,867, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spli.kɛ\.
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 73465, this pair ranks #40,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of expliqua vs expliquais
Shared letters: aeilpqux. Private to "expliqua": -. Private to "expliquais": s.
"expliqua" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "expliquais" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliqua ← epxliqua · exlpiqua · expilqua · expliqau · expliqqua · expliuqa · explliqua · explqiua
- expliquais ← epxliquais · exlpiquais · expilquais · expliqauis · expliqquais · expliquaiss · expliquasi · expliquias
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "expliqua" and "expliquais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "expliqua" or "expliquais" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliqua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliqua" and "expliquais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquaient vs expliquais". 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 #40,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.