Which to use
“explorées” and “explorer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,031
- “explorées” frequency rank
- #5,244
- “explorer” frequency rank
- 50275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explorées | explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de explorer. | Parcourir une région inconnue qu’on vient de découvrir pour en connaître la situation, l’étendue, les mœurs, etc. |
Same sound, different letters: explorées vs explorer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - explorées / explorer
This is the hard kind. explorées and explorer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
explorées is recorded at frequency rank #45,031, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.splɔ.ʁe\. explorer is at rank #5,244, 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 50275, this pair ranks #163,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of explorées vs explorer
Shared letters: eloprx. Private to "explorées": sé. Private to "explorer": -.
"explorées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "explorer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- explorer ← epxlorer · exlporer · expllorer · exploerr · explorerr · explorre · explorrer · explroer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "explorées" for "explorer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "explorées" vs "explorer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "explorées" / "explorer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "explorées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "explorer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explorées" and "explorer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explorées vs exportées". 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 #163,947 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.