Which to use
“clôture” and “clôtures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,533
- “clôture” frequency rank
- #25,929
- “clôtures” frequency rank
- 31462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clôture | clôtures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enceinte qui peut être constituée de murs, de haies, de barrières, etc. | Pluriel de clôture. |
Same sound, different letters: clôture vs clôtures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. clôture runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against clôtures's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - clôture / clôtures
This is the hard kind. clôture and clôtures are pronounced identically (\klo.tyʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “clôture” sits inside “clôtures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clôture is recorded at frequency rank #5,533, classified as anoun, pronounced \klo.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 31462, this pair ranks #303,618 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clôture vs clôtures
Shared letters: celrtuô. Private to "clôture": -. Private to "clôtures": s.
"clôture" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "clôtures" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clôture" and "clôtures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clôture" or "clôtures" show up more?
Useful next steps
"clôture" and "clôtures" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "clôture" 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 #303,618 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clôture" and "clôtures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clôturer vs clôtures". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #303,618 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.