Which to use
“explique” and “expliquera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #941
- “explique” frequency rank
- #23,208
- “expliquera” frequency rank
- 24149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explique | expliquera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe expliquer. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes explique and expliquera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between explique and expliquera
A purely visual mix-up. explique (\ɛk.splik\) and expliquera (\ɛk.spli.kə.ʁa\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “explique” sits inside “expliquera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24149, 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\. expliquera is at rank #23,208, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spli.kə.ʁa\.
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 24149, this pair ranks #348,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of explique vs expliquera
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "explique": -. Private to "expliquera": ar.
"explique" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "expliquera" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- explique ← epxlique · exlpique · expilque · expliqeu · expliqque · expliuqe · expllique · explqiue
- expliquera ← epxliquera · exlpiquera · expilquera · expliqeura · expliqquera · expliquear · expliquerra · expliqurea
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "explique" for "expliquera" ever safe?
Frequency check: "explique" vs "expliquera" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "explique" and "expliquera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "explique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explique" and "expliquera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquées vs expliquera". 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 #348,289 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.