Which to use
“explore” and “explorée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,471
- “explore” frequency rank
- #45,603
- “explorée” frequency rank
- 60074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explore | explorée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de explorer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de explorer. |
Where the eye mixes explore and explorée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between explore and explorée
A purely visual mix-up. explore (\ɛk.splɔʁ\) and explorée (\ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\) 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 60074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
explore is recorded at frequency rank #14,471, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splɔʁ\. explorée is at rank #45,603, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\.
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 60074, this pair ranks #99,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of explore vs explorée
Shared letters: eloprx. Private to "explore": -. Private to "explorée": é.
"explore" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "explorée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- explore ← epxlore · exlpore · expllore · exploer · explroe · expolre · expplore · exxplore
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "explore" for "explorée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "explore" vs "explorée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "explore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "explorée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explore" and "explorée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explorée vs exportée". 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 #99,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.