Which to use
“capture” and “clôture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,793
- “capture” frequency rank
- #5,533
- “clôture” frequency rank
- 12326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capture | clôture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de capturer ou résultat de cette action. | Enceinte qui peut être constituée de murs, de haies, de barrières, etc. |
Where the eye mixes capture and clôture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. capture (CVCCVCV) and clôture (CCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: capture vs clôture
A purely visual mix-up. capture (\kap.tyʁ\) and clôture (\klo.tyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capture is recorded at frequency rank #6,793, classified as anoun, pronounced \kap.tyʁ\. clôture is at rank #5,533, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klo.tyʁ\.
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 12326, this pair ranks #405,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of capture vs clôture
Shared letters: certu. Private to "capture": ap. Private to "clôture": lô.
"capture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "clôture" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- capture ← acpture · cappture · captrue · captture · captuer · capturre · caputre · catpure
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capture" for "clôture" ever safe?
Which is more common, "capture" or "clôture"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "capture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clôture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capture" and "clôture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captivé vs capture". 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 #405,727 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.