concilesvsconcluesTell them apart

Quick tell: conciles is a noun, conclues is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conciles” is a noun and “conclues” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,191
“conciles” frequency rank
#35,868
“conclues” frequency rank
76059
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conciles conclues
Definition Pluriel de concile. Participe passé féminin pluriel de conclure.

Where the eye mixes conciles and conclues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conciles (CVCCVCVC) and conclues (CVCCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
conciles
8 ch
conclues

Visual trap between conciles and conclues

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conciles is \kɔ̃.sil\ while conclues is \kɔ̃.kly\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conciles is recorded at frequency rank #40,191, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.sil\. conclues is at rank #35,868, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.kly\.

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 76059, this pair ranks #32,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conciles vs conclues

Shared letters: celnos. Private to "conciles": i. Private to "conclues": u.

"conciles" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "conclues" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conciles ← cconciles · cnociles · cocniles · concciles · conciels · conciless · concilles · concilse
  • conclues ← cconclues · cnoclues · cocnlues · concclues · concleus · concllues · concluess · concluse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conciles" for "conclues" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conciles" is a noun and "conclues" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "conciles" or "conclues" show up more?
"conclues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,868 in our French list, against #40,191 for "conciles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conciles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conclues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conciles" and "conclues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conclues vs conclura". 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 #32,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list