Which to use
“expliques” and “expliquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,441
- “expliques” frequency rank
- #11,217
- “expliquez” frequency rank
- 31658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expliques | expliquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe expliquer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de expliquer. |
Where the eye mixes expliques and expliquez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses expliques with expliquez
A purely visual mix-up. expliques (\ɛks.plik\) 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 a single letter - s in “expliques” becomes z in “expliquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expliques is recorded at frequency rank #20,441, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛks.plik\. 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 31658, this pair ranks #302,416 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of expliques vs expliquez
Shared letters: eilpqux. Private to "expliques": s. Private to "expliquez": z.
"expliques" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "expliquez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "expliques" and "expliquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "expliques" vs "expliquez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "expliques" 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 #302,416 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expliques" and "expliquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expliquais vs expliques". 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 #302,416 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.