Which to use
“explosif” and “explosifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,378
- “explosif” frequency rank
- #10,321
- “explosifs” frequency rank
- 22699
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explosif | explosifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est relatif à l’explosion. | Masculin pluriel de explosif. |
Same sound, different letters: explosif vs explosifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - explosif / explosifs
This is the hard kind. explosif and explosifs are pronounced identically (\ɛks.plo.zif\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “explosif” sits inside “explosifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
explosif is recorded at frequency rank #12,378, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.plo.zif\. explosifs is at rank #10,321, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.plo.zif\.
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 22699, this pair ranks #356,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of explosif vs explosifs
Shared letters: efilopsx. Private to "explosif": -. Private to "explosifs": -.
"explosif" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC · "explosifs" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "explosif" and "explosifs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "explosif" or "explosifs"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "explosif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "explosifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explosif" and "explosifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explosifs vs explosives". 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 #356,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.