Which to use
“expliquées” and “expliquera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,254
- “expliquées” frequency rank
- #23,208
- “expliquera” frequency rank
- 56462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquées | expliquera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de expliquer. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliquées and expliquera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between expliquées and expliquera
A purely visual mix-up. expliquées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56462, 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\. 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 56462, this pair ranks #120,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of expliquées vs expliquera
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "expliquées": sé. Private to "expliquera": ar.
"expliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "expliquera" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliquera ← epxliquera · exlpiquera · expilquera · expliqeura · expliqquera · expliquear · expliquerra · expliqurea
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "expliquées" and "expliquera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "expliquées" vs "expliquera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquées" 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 #120,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquées" and "expliquera" 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 #120,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.