Which to use
“explorée” and “exploser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,603
- “explorée” frequency rank
- #5,245
- “exploser” frequency rank
- 50848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explorée | exploser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de explorer. | Faire explosion. |
Where the eye mixes explorée and exploser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses explorée with exploser
A purely visual mix-up. explorée (\ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\) and exploser (\ɛk.splo.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50848, 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\. exploser is at rank #5,245, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splo.ze\.
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 50848, this pair ranks #159,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of explorée vs exploser
Shared letters: eloprx. Private to "explorée": é. Private to "exploser": s.
"explorée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "exploser" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exploser ← epxloser · exlposer · explloser · exploesr · exploserr · explosre · explosser · explsoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "explorée" for "exploser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "explorée" vs "exploser" - 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 "explorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exploser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explorée" and "exploser" 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 #159,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.