Which to use
“expliquées” and “expliquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,254
- “expliquées” frequency rank
- #7,183
- “expliquent” frequency rank
- 40437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquées | expliquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de expliquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliquées and expliquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between expliquées and expliquent
A purely visual mix-up. expliquées (\ɛk.spli.ke\) and expliquent (\ɛk.splik\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expliquées is recorded at frequency rank #33,254, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spli.ke\. expliquent is at rank #7,183, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splik\.
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 40437, this pair ranks #240,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of expliquées vs expliquent
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "expliquées": sé. Private to "expliquent": nt.
"expliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "expliquent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliquent ← epxliquent · exlpiquent · expilquent · expliqeunt · expliqquent · expliquennt · expliquentt · expliquetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "expliquées" for "expliquent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "expliquées" vs "expliquent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "expliquées" and "expliquent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquées" and "expliquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquais 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 #240,503 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.