conclurevsconçueWhich spelling fits?

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.

8 ch
conclure
6 ch
conçue

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

  • conclurecconclure · cnoclure · cocnlure · concclure · concllure · conclrue · concluer · conclurre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conclure" for "conçue" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.klyʁ\ versus \kɔ̃.sy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "conclure" or "conçue"?
"conclure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,560 in our French list, against #6,942 for "conçue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list