exclus

\ɛks.kly\

/\ɛks.kly\/ adj

The verdict

“exclus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,828. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,828
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de exclu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exclus · exclus · French

exclus · rank #9,828 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,828
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Europa

Nearest frequency peer: Europa (-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 « exclus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exclus » 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).

exclus vs excuse
67% similar
exclus vs exclut
83% similar
exclus vs exclusif
75% similar

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

Key facts for exclus
PropertyValue
Headwordexclus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛks.kly\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,828
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exclus »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).exclusse 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 « Europa » (#9,827), « exclusivité » (#9,829), « expérimentation » (#9,830). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exclus » est au #9,828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around exclus (IPA \ɛks.kly\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,828 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de exclu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for exclus, with forms such as "ecxlus", "excclus", and "excllus". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "excuse", "exclut", "exclusif", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is exclus, spelled E-X-C-L-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de exclu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxlus
  • excclus
  • excllus
  • exclsu
  • excluss
  • exculs
  • exlcus
  • exxclus
  • xeclus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exclus - 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.

ecxlus2excclus1excllus1exclsu2excluss1exculs2exlcus2exxclus1
Edit distance from "exclus"

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 "exclus"?
"exclus" is spelled E-X-C-L-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.kly\.
What does "exclus" mean?
As an adjective, "exclus" means: Masculin pluriel de exclu.
What words are commonly confused with "exclus"?
"exclus" is commonly confused with "excuse", "exclut", "exclusif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exclus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exclus" is \ɛks.kly\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exclus" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list