exclure

\ɛk.sklyʁ\

/\ɛk.sklyʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“exclure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,004
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Renvoyer, retrancher quelqu’un d’une société, d’un corps où il avait été admis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exclure · exclure · French

exclure · rank #9,004 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,004
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH financièrement

Nearest frequency peer: financièrement (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « exclure »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « exclure » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exclure vs excuse
71% similar
exclure vs exclus
71% similar
exclure vs exclut
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exclure
PropertyValue
Headwordexclure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛk.sklyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,004
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exclure »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.exclurese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « financièrement » (#9,005), « environnementale » (#9,002), « first » (#9,006). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exclure » est au #9,004. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around exclure (IPA \ɛk.sklyʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,004 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for exclure, with forms such as "ecxlure", "excclure", and "excllure". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "excuse", "exclus", "exclut", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is exclure, spelled E-X-C-L-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Renvoyer, retrancher quelqu’un d’une société, d’un corps où il avait été admis.
  2. 2
    Repousser, écarter, ne pas admettre, en parlant des choses comme des personnes.
  3. 3
    Rejeter une chose comme incompatible avec une autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exclure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tout récemment, le seul groupe lesbien qui demeurait encore affilié au centre LGBT de Paris, les Senioritas, a été exclu — du coup, le centre n'est plus que GBT — au motif qu'il serait « transphobe ». C'est vrai que pour parler d’identité sexuelle, on est mieux entre hommes...
  2. On voulait l’exclure de cette compagnie.

This word in other languages

expel(English)excluir(Español)ausschließen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxlure
  • excclure
  • excllure
  • exclrue
  • excluer
  • exclurre
  • exculre
  • exlcure
  • exxclure
  • xeclure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exclure - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ecxlure2excclure1excllure1exclrue2excluer2exclurre1exculre2exlcure2
Edit distance from "exclure"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exclure"?
"exclure" is spelled E-X-C-L-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.sklyʁ\.
What does "exclure" mean?
As a verb, "exclure" means: Renvoyer, retrancher quelqu’un d’une société, d’un corps où il avait été admis.
What words are commonly confused with "exclure"?
"exclure" is commonly confused with "excuse", "exclus", "exclut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exclure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exclure" is \ɛk.sklyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exclure" come from?
"exclure" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exclure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

furieux#9,010emprise#8,997gouttes#9,011graisse#9,012

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

déposée10 variantsdécédée10 variantsdiviser10 variantsJupiter10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list