Which to use
“expliquais” and “expliquées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,867
- “expliquais” frequency rank
- #33,254
- “expliquées” frequency rank
- 76121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquais | expliquées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de expliquer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliquais and expliquées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: expliquais vs expliquées
A purely visual mix-up. expliquais (\ɛk.spli.kɛ\) and expliquées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76121, 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\. expliquées is at rank #33,254, 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 76121, this pair ranks #32,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of expliquais vs expliquées
Shared letters: eilpqsux. Private to "expliquais": a. Private to "expliquées": é.
"expliquais" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "expliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliquais ← epxliquais · exlpiquais · expilquais · expliqauis · expliqquais · expliquaiss · expliquasi · expliquias
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "expliquais" and "expliquées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "expliquais" or "expliquées"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquais" and "expliquées" 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 #32,049 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.