Which to use
“expliquent” and “expliquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,183
- “expliquent” frequency rank
- #11,217
- “expliquez” frequency rank
- 18400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquent | expliquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de expliquer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliquent and expliquez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: expliquent vs expliquez
A purely visual mix-up. expliquent (\ɛk.splik\) and expliquez (\ɛk.spli.ke\) 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 18400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expliquent is recorded at frequency rank #7,183, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splik\. expliquez is at rank #11,217, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spli.ke\.
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 18400, this pair ranks #378,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of expliquent vs expliquez
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "expliquent": nt. Private to "expliquez": z.
"expliquent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC · "expliquez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- expliquent ← epxliquent · exlpiquent · expilquent · expliqeunt · expliqquent · expliquennt · expliquentt · expliquetn
- expliquez ← epxliquez · exlpiquez · expilquez · expliqeuz · expliqquez · expliquezz · expliquze · expliuqez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "expliquent" for "expliquez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "expliquent" or "expliquez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "expliquent" and "expliquez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquent" and "expliquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquaient vs expliquent". 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 #378,521 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.