Which to use
“expliquais” and “expliques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,867
- “expliquais” frequency rank
- #20,441
- “expliques” frequency rank
- 63308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquais | expliques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de expliquer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliquais and expliques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: expliquais vs expliques
A purely visual mix-up. expliquais (\ɛk.spli.kɛ\) and expliques (\ɛks.plik\) 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 63308, 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\. expliques is at rank #20,441, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛks.plik\.
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 63308, this pair ranks #82,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of expliquais vs expliques
Shared letters: eilpqsux. Private to "expliquais": a. Private to "expliques": -.
"expliquais" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "expliques" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliquais ← epxliquais · exlpiquais · expilquais · expliqauis · expliqquais · expliquaiss · expliquasi · expliquias
- expliques ← epxliques · exlpiques · expilques · expliqeus · expliqques · expliquess · expliquse · expliuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "expliquais" for "expliques" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "expliquais" or "expliques" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "expliquais" and "expliques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expliques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquais" and "expliques" 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 #82,621 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.