Which to use
“explose” and “exploser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,240
- “explose” frequency rank
- #5,245
- “exploser” frequency rank
- 13485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explose | exploser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exploser. | Faire explosion. |
Where the eye mixes explose and exploser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: explose vs exploser
A purely visual mix-up. explose (\ɛk.sploz\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “explose” sits inside “exploser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
explose is recorded at frequency rank #8,240, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.sploz\. 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 13485, this pair ranks #400,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of explose vs exploser
Shared letters: elopsx. Private to "explose": -. Private to "exploser": r.
"explose" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "exploser" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "explose" for "exploser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "explose" vs "exploser" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "explose" and "exploser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "explose" 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 #400,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explose" and "exploser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explose vs exposez". 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 #400,834 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.