concluesvsconçueWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#35,868
“conclues” frequency rank
#6,942
“conçue” frequency rank
42810
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conclues conçue
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de conclure. Participe passé féminin singulier de concevoir.

Where the eye mixes conclues and conçue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. conclues runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against conçue's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
conclues
6 ch
conçue

Visual trap between conclues and conçue

A purely visual mix-up. conclues (\kɔ̃.kly\) and conçue (\kɔ̃.sy\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42810, 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\. conçue is at rank #6,942, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sy\.

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 42810, this pair ranks #222,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conclues vs conçue

Shared letters: cenou. Private to "conclues": ls. Private to "conçue": ç.

"conclues" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "conçue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conclues ← cconclues · cnoclues · cocnlues · concclues · concleus · concllues · concluess · concluse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conclues" for "conçue" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.kly\ versus \kɔ̃.sy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conclues" vs "conçue" - which ranks higher?
"conçue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,942 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

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conclues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conçue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #222,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conclues" and "conçue" 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 #222,788 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