concluevsconclusTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#13,996
“conclue” frequency rank
#16,327
“conclus” frequency rank
30323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conclue conclus
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de conclure. Pluriel de conclu.

Same sound, different letters: conclue vs conclus

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. conclue (CVCCCVV) and conclus (CVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
conclue
7 ch
conclus

Ear matches; page differs - conclue and conclus

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: conclue and conclus carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.kly\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “conclue” becomes s in “conclus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30323, 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\. conclus is at rank #16,327, tagged as anoun, 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 30323, this pair ranks #311,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conclue vs conclus

Shared letters: clnou. Private to "conclue": e. Private to "conclus": s.

"conclue" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV  ·  "conclus" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conclue ← cconclue · cnoclue · cocnlue · concclue · concleu · concllue · concule · conlcue
  • conclus ← cconclus · cnoclus · cocnlus · concclus · concllus · conclsu · concluss · conculs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conclue" for "conclus" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conclue" is a verb and "conclus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "conclue" vs "conclus" - which ranks higher?
"conclue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,996 in our French list, against #16,327 for "conclus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conclue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conclus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #311,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conclue" and "conclus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conclura vs conclus". 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 #311,130 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