Which to use
“expliquais” and “expliquait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,867
- “expliquais” frequency rank
- #11,965
- “expliquait” frequency rank
- 54832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquais | expliquait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de expliquer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de expliquer. |
Same sound, different letters: expliquais vs expliquait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: expliquais vs expliquait
This is the hard kind. expliquais and expliquait are pronounced identically (\ɛk.spli.kɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “expliquais” becomes t in “expliquait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expliquais is recorded at frequency rank #42,867, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spli.kɛ\. expliquait is at rank #11,965, 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 54832, this pair ranks #131,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of expliquais vs expliquait
Shared letters: aeilpqux. Private to "expliquais": s. Private to "expliquait": t.
"expliquais" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "expliquait" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliquais ← epxliquais · exlpiquais · expilquais · expliqauis · expliqquais · expliquaiss · expliquasi · expliquias
- expliquait ← epxliquait · exlpiquait · expilquait · expliqauit · expliqquait · expliquaitt · expliquati · expliquiat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "expliquais" and "expliquait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "expliquais" or "expliquait"?
What to do next
"expliquais" and "expliquait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquais" and "expliquait" 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 #131,384 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.