Which to use
“expliquer” and “expliquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,112
- “expliquer” frequency rank
- #11,217
- “expliquez” frequency rank
- 12329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliquer | expliquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre clair ; faire comprendre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de expliquer. |
Same sound, different letters: expliquer vs expliquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - expliquer and expliquez
This is the hard kind. expliquer and expliquez are pronounced identically (\ɛks.pli.ke\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “expliquer” becomes z in “expliquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expliquer is recorded at frequency rank #1,112, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛks.pli.ke\. 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 12329, this pair ranks #405,716 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of expliquer vs expliquez
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "expliquer": r. Private to "expliquez": z.
"expliquer" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "expliquez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "expliquer" and "expliquez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "expliquer" or "expliquez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliquer" 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 #405,716 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliquer" and "expliquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquées vs expliquez". 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 #405,716 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.