Which to use
“explique” and “expliquée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #941
- “explique” frequency rank
- #20,716
- “expliquée” frequency rank
- 21657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explique | expliquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe expliquer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes explique and expliquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: explique vs expliquée
A purely visual mix-up. explique (\ɛk.splik\) 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 21657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
explique is recorded at frequency rank #941, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splik\. 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 21657, this pair ranks #362,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of explique vs expliquée
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "explique": -. Private to "expliquée": é.
"explique" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "expliquée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- explique ← epxlique · exlpique · expilque · expliqeu · expliqque · expliuqe · expllique · explqiue
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "explique" and "expliquée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "explique" or "expliquée" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "explique" 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 #362,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explique" and "expliquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquée vs expliquées". 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 #362,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.