Which to use
“explorée” and “explorées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,603
- “explorée” frequency rank
- #45,031
- “explorées” frequency rank
- 90634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explorée | explorées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de explorer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de explorer. |
Same sound, different letters: explorée vs explorées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. explorée runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against explorées's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - explorée / explorées
This is the hard kind. explorée and explorées are pronounced identically (\ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “explorée” sits inside “explorées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
explorée is recorded at frequency rank #45,603, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\. explorées is at rank #45,031, 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 90634, this pair ranks #4,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of explorée vs explorées
Shared letters: eloprxé. Private to "explorée": -. Private to "explorées": s.
"explorée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "explorées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "explorée" and "explorées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "explorée" or "explorées" show up more?
Useful next steps
"explorée" and "explorées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "explorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "explorées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explorée" and "explorées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explorées vs exportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #4,605 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.