écœurévsécluseWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: écœuré is a adjective, écluse is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“écœuré” is an adjective and “écluse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,544
“écœuré” frequency rank
#29,608
“écluse” frequency rank
76152
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature écœuré écluse
Definition Qui a perdu le cœur ; à qui le cœur manque ; qui est dégoûté. Clôture en forme de bassin, faite de terre, de pierre, de bois ou de toute autre matière dans un port, sur une rivière, sur un canal, etc., ayant une ou plusieurs portes qui se lèvent et se baissent ou qui s’ouvrent et se ferment, pour retenir et pour laisser passer l’eau.

Letter map: écœuré vs écluse

Shared letters muted; letters that set écœuré and écluse apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
écœuré
6 ch
écluse

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: écœuré is anadjective and écluseanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

écœuré is recorded at frequency rank #46,544, classified as anadj. écluse is at rank #29,608, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.klyz\.

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 76152, this pair ranks #31,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of écœuré vs écluse

Shared letters: cué. Private to "écœuré": . Private to "écluse": els.

"écœuré" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "écluse" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "écœuré" and "écluse" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "écœuré" is an adjective and "écluse" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "écœuré" or "écluse"?
"écluse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,608 in our French list, against #46,544 for "écœuré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list