concluesvsconclureWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#35,868
“conclues” frequency rank
#4,560
“conclure” frequency rank
40428
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conclues conclure
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de conclure. Arrêter ; fixer définitivement.

Where the eye mixes conclues and conclure

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
conclues
8 ch
conclure

Why the eye confuses conclues with conclure

A purely visual mix-up. conclues (\kɔ̃.kly\) and conclure (\kɔ̃.klyʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conclues is recorded at frequency rank #35,868, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.kly\. conclure is at rank #4,560, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.klyʁ\.

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 40428, this pair ranks #240,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conclues vs conclure

Shared letters: celnou. Private to "conclues": s. Private to "conclure": r.

"conclues" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "conclure" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concluescconclues · cnoclues · cocnlues · concclues · concleus · concllues · concluess · concluse
  • conclurecconclure · cnoclure · cocnlure · concclure · concllure · conclrue · concluer · conclurre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conclues" for "conclure" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.kly\ versus \kɔ̃.klyʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conclues" vs "conclure" - which ranks higher?
"conclure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,560 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.

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 "conclues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conclure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #240,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conclues" and "conclure" 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 #240,580 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