expliquée vs expliquées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“expliquée” and “expliquées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,716
“expliquée” frequency rank: #33,254
“expliquées” frequency rank: 53970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	expliquée	expliquées
Definition	Participe passé féminin singulier de expliquer.	Participe passé féminin pluriel de expliquer.

Same sound, different letters: expliquée vs expliquées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. expliquée runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVV) against expliquées's 10 (VCCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch

expliquée

10 ch

expliquées

Homophone desk: expliquée vs expliquées

This is the hard kind. expliquée and expliquées are pronounced identically (\ɛk.spli.ke\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “expliquée” sits inside “expliquées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

expliquée is recorded at frequency rank #20,716, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spli.ke\. 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 53970, this pair ranks #137,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of expliquée vs expliquées

Shared letters: eilpquxé. Private to "expliquée": -. Private to "expliquées": s.

"expliquée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVV · "expliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "expliquée" and "expliquées" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛk.spli.ke\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "expliquée" vs "expliquées" - which ranks higher?

"expliquée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,716 in our French list, against #33,254 for "expliquées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"expliquée" and "expliquées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "expliquée" 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 #137,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"expliquée" and "expliquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquais vs expliquées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #137,202 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.