Which to use
“expliquées” and “expliques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,254
- “expliquées” frequency rank
- #20,441
- “expliques” frequency rank
- 53695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquées | expliques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de expliquer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliquées and expliques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: expliquées vs expliques
A purely visual mix-up. expliquées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53695, 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\. 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 53695, this pair ranks #139,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of expliquées vs expliques
Shared letters: eilpqsux. Private to "expliquées": é. Private to "expliques": -.
"expliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "expliques" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliques ← epxliques · exlpiques · expilques · expliqeus · expliqques · expliquess · expliquse · expliuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "expliquées" and "expliques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "expliquées" or "expliques" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "expliquées" 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 #139,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquées" and "expliques" 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 #139,033 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.