Which to use
“expliqua” and “expliquée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,598
- “expliqua” frequency rank
- #20,716
- “expliquée” frequency rank
- 51314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliqua | expliquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de expliquer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliqua and expliquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses expliqua with expliquée
A purely visual mix-up. expliqua (\ɛk.spli.ka\) and expliquée (\ɛk.spli.ke\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51314, 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\. expliquée is at rank #20,716, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spli.ke\.
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 51314, this pair ranks #155,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of expliqua vs expliquée
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "expliqua": a. Private to "expliquée": é.
"expliqua" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "expliquée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliqua ← epxliqua · exlpiqua · expilqua · expliqau · expliqqua · expliuqa · explliqua · explqiua
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "expliqua" and "expliquée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "expliqua" or "expliquée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "expliqua" and "expliquée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliqua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliqua" and "expliquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliqua 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 #155,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.