conclusvsconclutTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#16,327
“conclus” frequency rank
#5,740
“conclut” frequency rank
22067
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conclus conclut
Definition Pluriel de conclu. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conclure.

Same sound, different letters: conclus vs conclut

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
conclus
7 ch
conclut

Ear matches; page differs - conclus and conclut

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: conclus and conclut carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.kly\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “conclus” becomes t in “conclut”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conclus is recorded at frequency rank #16,327, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.kly\. conclut is at rank #5,740, tagged as averb, 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 22067, this pair ranks #359,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conclus vs conclut

Shared letters: clnou. Private to "conclus": s. Private to "conclut": t.

"conclus" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "conclut" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concluscconclus · cnoclus · cocnlus · concclus · concllus · conclsu · concluss · conculs
  • conclutcconclut · cnoclut · cocnlut · concclut · concllut · concltu · conclutt · concult

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conclus" and "conclut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conclus" is a noun and "conclut" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "conclus" or "conclut"?
"conclut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,740 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.

Useful next steps

"conclus" and "conclut" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conclus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conclut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #359,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conclus" and "conclut" 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 #359,976 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