Which to use
“conclure” and “conçue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,560
- “conclure” frequency rank
- #6,942
- “conçue” frequency rank
- 11502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conclure | conçue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arrêter ; fixer définitivement. | Participe passé féminin singulier de concevoir. |
Where the eye mixes conclure and conçue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. conclure runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against conçue's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses conclure with conçue
A purely visual mix-up. conclure (\kɔ̃.klyʁ\) 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 11502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conclure is recorded at frequency rank #4,560, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.klyʁ\. 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 11502, this pair ranks #408,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conclure vs conçue
Shared letters: cenou. Private to "conclure": lr. Private to "conçue": ç.
"conclure" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "conçue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conclure ← cconclure · cnoclure · cocnlure · concclure · concllure · conclrue · concluer · conclurre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conclure" for "conçue" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conclure" or "conçue"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conclure" and "conçue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conclure" 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 #408,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conclure" and "conçue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conçue vs conde". 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 #408,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.