Which to use
“expliquée” and “expliques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,716
- “expliquée” frequency rank
- #20,441
- “expliques” frequency rank
- 41157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquée | expliques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de expliquer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliquée and expliques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses expliquée with expliques
A purely visual mix-up. expliquée (\ɛk.spli.ke\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41157, 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\. 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 41157, this pair ranks #235,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of expliquée vs expliques
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "expliquée": é. Private to "expliques": s.
"expliquée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVV · "expliques" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliques ← epxliques · exlpiques · expilques · expliqeus · expliqques · expliquess · expliquse · expliuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "expliquée" and "expliques" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "expliquée" or "expliques" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquée" 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 #235,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquée" and "expliques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquais vs expliques". 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 #235,198 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.