Which to use
“captures” and “clôtures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,775
- “captures” frequency rank
- #25,929
- “clôtures” frequency rank
- 45704
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captures | clôtures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de capture. | Pluriel de clôture. |
Where the eye mixes captures and clôtures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses captures with clôtures
A purely visual mix-up. captures (\kap.tyʁ\) and clôtures (\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 45704, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captures is recorded at frequency rank #19,775, classified as anoun, pronounced \kap.tyʁ\. clôtures is at rank #25,929, 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 45704, this pair ranks #200,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of captures vs clôtures
Shared letters: cerstu. Private to "captures": ap. Private to "clôtures": lô.
"captures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "clôtures" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- captures ← acptures · capptures · captrues · capttures · capturess · capturres · capturse · caputres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "captures" and "clôtures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "captures" or "clôtures"?
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 "captures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clôtures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captures" and "clôtures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capturée vs captures". 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 #200,671 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.