concluevsconcluesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“conclue” and “conclues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,996
“conclue” frequency rank
#35,868
“conclues” frequency rank
49864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conclue conclues
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de conclure. Participe passé féminin pluriel de conclure.

Same sound, different letters: conclue vs conclues

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. conclue runs 7 letters (CVCCCVV) against conclues's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
conclue
8 ch
conclues

Ear matches; page differs - conclue and conclues

This is the hard kind. conclue and conclues are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.kly\) and both work as averb. 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) - “conclue” sits inside “conclues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conclue is recorded at frequency rank #13,996, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.kly\. 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 49864, this pair ranks #167,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conclue vs conclues

Shared letters: celnou. Private to "conclue": -. Private to "conclues": s.

"conclue" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV  ·  "conclues" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conclue ← cconclue · cnoclue · cocnlue · concclue · concleu · concllue · concule · conlcue
  • conclues ← cconclues · cnoclues · cocnlues · concclues · concleus · concllues · concluess · concluse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conclue" and "conclues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.kly\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "conclue" vs "conclues" - which ranks higher?
"conclue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,996 in our French list, against #35,868 for "conclues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"conclue" and "conclues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conclue" 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 #167,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conclue" 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 #167,281 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