Which to use
“censé” and “close” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,595
- “censé” frequency rank
- #10,842
- “close” frequency rank
- 14437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | censé | close |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Supposé, réputé, considéré (comme). | Féminin singulier de clos. |
Where the eye mixes censé and close
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: censé vs close
A purely visual mix-up. censé (\sɑ̃.se\) and close (\kloz\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
censé is recorded at frequency rank #3,595, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.se\. close is at rank #10,842, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kloz\.
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 14437, this pair ranks #396,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of censé vs close
Shared letters: ces. Private to "censé": né. Private to "close": lo.
"censé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "close" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- close ← cclose · cllose · cloes · closse · clsoe · colse · lcose
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "censé" and "close" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "censé" or "close"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "censé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "close" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "censé" and "close" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cese vs close". 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 #396,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.