Which to use
“expliquée” and “expliquera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,716
- “expliquée” frequency rank
- #23,208
- “expliquera” frequency rank
- 43924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquée | expliquera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de expliquer. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliquée and expliquera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses expliquée with expliquera
A purely visual mix-up. expliquée (\ɛk.spli.ke\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43924, 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\. 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 43924, this pair ranks #214,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of expliquée vs expliquera
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "expliquée": é. Private to "expliquera": ar.
"expliquée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVV · "expliquera" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliquera ← epxliquera · exlpiquera · expilquera · expliqeura · expliqquera · expliquear · expliquerra · expliqurea
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "expliquée" and "expliquera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "expliquée" vs "expliquera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "expliquée" and "expliquera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquée" 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 #214,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquée" 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 #214,323 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.